Google Search Blocked in China

Google said Friday its services appeared to be back up and running normally in China, after the US web giant reported that access to its search engine and other products were being blocked.Google and the Chinese government have for months been locked in a battle over state censorship and cyberattacks that the company says originated in China, the world's largest online market with 420 million users.On Thursday, a Google web page listed search, Google Ads and Google Mobile as "fully blocked" in China for the first time in weeks. News and images were "partially blocked".

Google says people in mainland China are being blocked from using its Internet search engine. The company posted a Thursday notice about the new barrier without any other details. A Google spokesman in the U.S. says he is still trying to gather information about the situation in China.

Google says people in mainland China are being blocked from using its Internet search engine. The company posted a Thursday notice about the new barrier without any other details. A Google representative didn't immediately return a phone message.

Google's Web search service in China has been "partially blocked" as of Wednesday, the Internet giant said.Wednesday was the deadline for the Chinese authorities to approve the renewal of Google's business license in China.A page maintained by Google on the status of various Google services in China, google.com/prc/report.html, listed its Web search service on Wednesday as "partially blocked."The service had previously been listed as "fully or mostly accessible."

Google's services in China were fully or partially blocked on Thursday with the exception of its email service, Gmail.A Web page maintained by Google on the accessibility to its products in mainland China listed Web search and Google Ads and Google Mobile as "fully blocked" for the first time in weeks.Other services which normally are fully or mostly accessible such as Google Images and Google News were listed as "partially blocked" on the dashboard page at google.com/prc/report.html.

Google Inc. stopped censoring the Internet for China by shifting its search engine off the mainland Monday but said it will maintain other operations in the country. The maneuver attempts to balance Google's disdain for China's Internet rules with the company's desire to profit from an explosively growing market.

Google Inc. stopped censoring the Internet for China by shifting its search engine off the mainland Monday but said it will maintain other operations in the country. The maneuver attempts to balance Google's disdain for China's Internet rules with the company's desire to profit from an explosively growing market.

Google Inc. stopped censoring the Internet for China by shifting its search engine off the mainland Monday but said it will maintain other operations in the country. The maneuver attempts to balance Google's disdain for China's Internet rules with the company's desire to profit from an explosively growing market.