My Yahoo!Google's China portal inaccessible in Shanghai, Beijing
02.03.2006, 07:45 AM
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Google's launch of the portal has been the source of controversy due to the company's decision to censor its search results in line with the wishes of the Chinese government. However, preliminary tests from Shanghai indicated that the service is inaccessible due to blocking by the government.
Tests on a Shanghai-based trace-route server, located at http://www.linkwan.com/vr2/, indicated that the site was being blocked at the government-operated backbone server. The analysis from the trace route said 'IP packets are being lost past network CHINANET backbone network at hop 4.'
The same message is displayed when the test is run on websites that are blocked by the government, such as the BBC's news website. A trace route could not be conducted from Beijing, although attempts to load the site in an internet cafe resulted in 'time out' errors.
A Google spokeswoman in the UK was not immediately able to explain the outage, although she said the company would be soon issuing an official statement.
The Google China portal removes links to sites seen as offensive to the Chinese government, although Google tells its users the results have been doctored -- something other US search engines and internet companies now operating in China do not do.
Google's search rivals, including Yahoo! Inc and Microsoft Corp's MSN unit, also restrict their search results in China.
Google's share of Chinese user searches last year grew to 26.9 pct from 22.4 pct in 2004, according to iResearch in Shanghai. Nasdaq-listed Baidu.com is the market leader in China, with a market share of 46.5 pct, up from 33 pct in 2004.
Google's main site, Google.com, could still be accessed in Shanghai.
Chris.Myrick@afxasia.com
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