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four-day trip Gmail service in mainland China began mysteriously and less mysteriously ended. FT.com and Wall Street Journal reported that blocking postal service of the Great Chinese wall of fire partially terminated.

This year, during the 25th anniversary of the событий June 4 in China lost access to all sites Google.

Usually Google services in China are going abroad or working in foreign companies residents. As a rule, they are people with good incomes. For example, one of the bloggers in Weibo complained that he missed the opportunity to go to Wharton Business School in the United States - an email was not received in time.

Shortly after the June lock users noticed that still remained able to access mailboxes on protocols IMAP, SMTP and POP3. Through these methods work e-mail clients, for example, Microsoft Outlook or Apple Mail.

Gmail has been one of the last available options with encryption, which does not obey the law on personal data of China. This rules provide for the authorities to get access to any user information. A few days ago stopped working and loophole-mail clients.

Google has not given any comment, merely said that the problem is not on the side of Gmail. No statements on this issue was not from the Chinese authorities. All that is - it's слова officials who say that she does not know anything about blocking.

The elimination of this channel to access Gmail caused slight dissatisfaction even among the tops of the Communist Party. Today at state-run newspaper Global Times editorial appeared on this occasion.

If you look at статистику Gmail traffic on China , we can see a manifestation of activity. While it is difficult to say, to restore access across the country or not.

Great Chinese firewall is very well known to any user of the Internet in China. Many web sites are blocked, and access to the external network is limited by the speed of the traffic exchange. Therefore, the largest in terms of population of the world is highly developed domestic market analogues Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other sites that can be accessed without a VPN does not get it. Users do not experience much discomfort as Baidu, Renren, Weibo and Youku Tudou perfectly replace the originals locked.

FT.com gives a forecast that total blocking IMAP, SMTP and POP3 Gmail service was not the last. Should expect a repeat of this situation in the future.

Photo Google office in Beijing, March 23, 2010, Andy Wong / Associated Press. Do you use technical means to circumvent the locks?

In my country access to sites not blocked

Yes

No td > Voted 194 people. 35 people abstained. Only registered users can vote in polls. Sign , please. Source: geektimes.ru/post/243741/