{"id":180173,"date":"2014-12-29T15:53:22","date_gmt":"2014-12-29T23:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=180173"},"modified":"2014-12-29T16:11:20","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T00:11:20","slug":"gmail-access-blocked-months-disruptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/12\/gmail-access-blocked-months-disruptions\/","title":{"rendered":"Netizens Reflect After China Blocks Gmail"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Landed in Beijing to find pollution isn&#39;t too bad today but Gmail can&#39;t download on phone without VPN. China becomes more unwelcoming.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Edward Wong (@ewong) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ewong\/status\/549505593149382657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>At the New York Times, Edward Wong and Kiki Zhao report that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/12\/30\/technology\/gmail-is-blocked-in-china-after-months-of-disruption.html?_r=0\"><strong>the Chinese government has blocked third-party access to Google&#8217;s Gmail<\/strong><\/a>, a method used by many in China to more reliably access the email service:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The blocking began last Friday and has ignited anger and frustration among many Internet users in China. Data from Google shows traffic to Gmail dropping to zero from Chinese servers.<\/p>\n<p>The new step in blocking Gmail has consequences that go well beyond making it difficult for users to access personal emails. Some foreign companies use Gmail as their corporate email service, for example. Now, the companies will have to ensure that their employees havesoftware known as VPNs, or virtual private networks, to access Gmail.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;] Google has for years been a target of the Chinese government, and some official publications have cited the company as one component of a Western conspiracy to undermine China. For example, Chinese officials had insisted Google censor its search results, a request that angered some top executives at Google, and they refused to comply. Chinese companies like Baidu, which has a popular search engine here, benefit from the official crackdown on Google.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"126\" data-total-count=\"2298\">Chinese and foreign Internet users in China expressed their frustration on Monday at the government\u2019s new blocking measures.<\/p>\n<p id=\"story-continues-3\" class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"214\" data-total-count=\"2512\">\u201cThey shouldn\u2019t have blocked Google or Gmail; it\u2019s against the spirit of the Internet,\u201d Yuan Shengang, the chief executive of Netentsec, a Beijing-based cybersecurity company, said in a telephone interview. [&#8230;] [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/12\/30\/technology\/gmail-is-blocked-in-china-after-months-of-disruption.html?_r=0\"><strong>Source<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"214\" data-total-count=\"2512\">Weibo user\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.weibo.com\/5336747451\/BD4nk0Vqr#_rnd1419892716440\">AtlasTor comments<\/a>\u00a0on a Google &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/transparencyreport\/traffic\/disruptions\/127\/\">Transparency Report<\/a>&#8221; showing Gmail traffic from China dropping sharply on Friday:<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-para-count=\"214\" data-total-count=\"2512\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-29-at-2.39.59-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-180176 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-29-at-2.39.59-PM.png\" alt=\"Transparency Report screenshot\" width=\"434\" height=\"143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-29-at-2.39.59-PM.png 923w, https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-29-at-2.39.59-PM-300x98.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-para-count=\"214\" data-total-count=\"2512\">AtlasTor: I think this is the\u00a0Chinese\u00a0Internet&#8217;s EKG. (December 29, 2014)<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-para-count=\"214\" data-total-count=\"2512\">\u6211\u89c9\u5f97\uff0c\u8fd9\u50cf\u662f\u4e2d\u56fd\u4e92\u8054\u7f51\u7684\u5fc3\u7535\u56fe\u3002[<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weibo.com\/5336747451\/BD4nk0Vqr#_rnd1419892716440\">Chinese<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"214\" data-total-count=\"2512\">Coverage from the Wall Street Journal&#8217;s Chuin-Wei Yap <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/googles-gmail-blocked-in-china-1419851516?cb=logged0.6843627793714404\">situates this new development into the ongoing row between Google and Beijing<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>that has long made <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2012\/11\/google-block-follows-other-web-disruptions\/\">the use of Google products inconvenient from within China<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/06\/chinas-battle-google-heats\/\">especially so in recent months<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Gmail and other Google services were blocked in China in June, ahead of 25th anniversary of Beijing\u2019s deadly suppression of the\u00a0<a class=\"icon none\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/ahead-of-tiananmen-anniversary-many-of-googles-services-blocked-in-china-1401773338\" target=\"_self\">Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests<\/a>. Access to Gmail through browser windows was blocked.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Gmail users were able to access it using third-party email applications such as\u00a0<a class=\"t-company\" href=\"http:\/\/quotes.wsj.com\/MSFT\">Microsoft\u00a0<\/a>Corp. \u2019s Outlook or\u00a0<a class=\"t-company\" href=\"http:\/\/quotes.wsj.com\/AAPL\">Apple\u00a0<\/a>Inc. \u2019s Mail. Now that access appears to have been cut.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"icon none\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/SB10001424052748704117304575137960803993890\" target=\"_self\">Google clashed\u00a0<\/a>with Beijing in 2010 after the company decided to stop censoring its Internet search results in China. Google shifted most of its Chinese operations to Hong Kong as a result, and many of company\u2019s services on the mainland have since worked intermittently. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/googles-gmail-blocked-in-china-1419851516?cb=logged0.6843627793714404\"><strong>Source<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This move comes after <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/12\/gregarious-direct-chinas-web-doorkeeper\/\">Lu Wei, China&#8217;s &#8220;cyberspace minister,&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0spelled out the need for the <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/12\/amy-chang-internet-chinese-characteristics\/\">preservation of individual nation&#8217;s &#8220;Internet sovereignty&#8221;<\/a> at the World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, Zhejiang. In September, Lu had commented on the need for control and order online: &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/10\/minitrue-lu-wei-denies-closing-foreign-websites\/\">Freedom and order are twin sisters, and they must live together<\/a>.&#8221; In October the official stressed that while &#8220;hospitable&#8221; to foreign Internet companies, Beijing had every right to &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/10\/minitrue-lu-wei-denies-closing-foreign-websites\/\">choose who can come to our home and be our guest<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CDT has translated a few\u00a0Chinese-language Tweets on\u00a0Gmail&#8217;s blockage in China:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\u7a81\u7136\u53d1\u89c9\u8fd9\u6b21GMail\u5c01\u9501\u53ef\u7b97\u662fGFW\u6700\u5927\u7684\u91cc\u7a0b\u7891\u4e86\uff0c\u4e0e\u4e4b\u524d\u5c01\u7684\u5404\u5927\u7f51\u7ad9\u4e0d\u540c\uff0c\u90ae\u7bb1\u662f\u5f88\u591a\u4eba\u5de5\u4f5c\u79c1\u4eba\u6c9f\u901a\u7684\u6700\u91cd\u8981\u8054\u7cfb\u65b9\u5f0f\u4e4b\u4e00\uff0c\u4e5f\u662f\u5404\u7f51\u7ad9\u6ce8\u518c\u3001\u5bc6\u7801\u627e\u56de\u7684\u6700\u91cd\u8981\u624b\u6bb5\uff0c\u800c\u4e14\u5899\u5185\u5899\u5916\u90fd\u5927\u53d7\u5f71\u54cd\u3002\u5373\u4fbf\u5982\u6b64\uff0c\u7f51\u6c11\u7684\u53cd\u6297\u4e5f\u4e0d\u8fc7\u5982\u6b64\u3002\u4ee5\u540eGFW\u518d\u9010\u6b65\u5c01\u6389\u5176\u5b83\u7f51\u7ad9\uff0c\u4e0d\u53ef\u80fd\u6709\u4efb\u4f55\u6210\u89c4\u6a21\u7684\u963b\u529b\u4e86\u3002\u2014 Xiaoming Chen \u9648\u6653\u9e23\u5728\u7845\u8c37 (@acumon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/acumon\/status\/549429459686674433\">December 29, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>I just realized that blocking Gmail could be the GFW [Great Firewall]\u2019s greatest milestone. This is different from big websites that have been blocked before. Email is one of the most important ways that people communicate personally and for work, and is also the most important tool for for registering for websites and recovering passwords. The effect will be felt both inside and outside the Wall. Even so, netizen opposition has been moderate. When the GFW blocks other websites in the future, it won\u2019t face any established resistance.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\nGmail\u8fd9\u6b21\u88ab\u5c01\uff0c\u56fd\u5185\u6240\u6709\u90ae\u4ef6\u670d\u52a1\u5668\u90fd\u65e0\u6cd5\u6536\u53d1\u5230Gmail \u7684\u90ae\u4ef6\u3002\u7ffb\u5899\u67e5\u770b\u90ae\u4ef6\u662f\u6ca1\u6709\u95ee\u9898\u7684\uff0c\u7f8e\u56fd\u8fd8\u6ca1\u6709\u5b9e\u73b0\u4e2d\u56fd\u68a6\uff0cGmail\u8fd8\u5728\uff01\u5927\u4e2d\u534e\u5c40\u57df\u7f51\u6700\u9634\u6bd2\u7684\u624b\u6bb5&#8211;\u5c01\u9501\u90ae\u4ef6\u670d\u52a1\u5668\u4e4b\u95f4\u7684\u901a\u8baf\uff0c\u8fd9\u4e0d\u662f\u9ad8\u79d1\u6280\uff0c\u5f88\u591a\u5e74\u524d\u4ed6\u4eec\u5c31\u53ef\u4ee5\u7528\uff0c\u5c31\u770b\u6562\u8fd8\u662f\u4e0d\u6562\uff1f\u4e60\u5305\u5b50\u4e0a\u53f0\u540e\uff0c\u4ed6\u4eec\u6562\u4e8e\u8fd9\u6837\u75af\u72c2\u4e86\uff01\uff01<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jerry Chou (@Justso_CN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Justso_CN\/status\/549422615530455042\">December 29, 2014<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>This time Gmail\u2019s been blocked. All domestic email servers are unable to send and receive Gmails. <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/space\/Scale_the_wall\">Scaling the wall<\/a> to check email is no problem\u2014the U.S. has not yet realized the Chinese Dream, and Gmail is still there. <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/space\/Great_Chinese_LAN\">The Great Chinese LAN<\/a>\u2019s most sinister trick\u2014sealing off communications between email servers\u2014is not high tech, they could do this years ago. But did they dare? Only after <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/space\/Steamed_Bun_Xi\">Steamed Bun Xi<\/a>\u2019s rise to power do they have the courage for this type of craziness!!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\u5176\u5b9e\u8bf4\u767d\u4e86\u4e2d\u56fd\u7684\u7f51\u4eba\u5206\u4e24\u7c7b\uff1a\u4e00\u7c7b\u662f\u5df2\u7ecf\u4e0d\u5728\u4e4eGFW\u4f1a\u5e72\u4ec0\u4e48\u4e86\uff0c\u53e6\u4e00\u7c7b\u662f\u53cd\u6b63\u4e0d\u77e5\u9053GFW\u5728\u5e72\u4ec0\u4e48\u3002 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E5%8F%91%E5%91%86ing?src=hash\">#\u53d1\u5446ing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 gamezen (@gamezen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gamezen\/status\/549446247820439555\">December 29, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>To put it frankly, China\u2019s netizens are divided into two types: one consists of those who don\u2019t care what the GFW does anymore, the other of those who don\u2019t know what the GFW is up to. #stunned<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Landed in Beijing to find pollution isn&#39;t too bad today but Gmail can&#39;t download on phone without VPN. China becomes more unwelcoming. &mdash; Edward Wong (@ewong) December 29, 2014 At the New York Times, Edward Wong and Kiki Zhao report that the Chinese government has blocked third-party access to Google&#8217;s Gmail, a method used by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":985,"featured_media":180174,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[99,116,7,14744,14745,14746,100,6,1051,4202],"tags":[982,5919,4518,5908,6300,15393,17159],"class_list":["post-180173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cdt-highlights","category-world","category-information-revolution","category-level-2-article","category-level-3-article","category-level-4-article","category-politics","category-sci-tech","category-top-article","category-translation","tag-foreign-companies","tag-foreign-it-companies","tag-gmail","tag-google","tag-internet-censorship","tag-netizen-voices","tag-vpns","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.9 (Yoast SEO v23.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Netizens Reflect After China Blocks Gmail<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/12\/gmail-access-blocked-months-disruptions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Netizens Reflect After China Blocks Gmail\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Landed in Beijing to find pollution isn&#039;t too bad today but Gmail can&#039;t download on phone without VPN. 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