Google Inc. has announced that its mobile services were partially blocked in China, a week after the company not to censor its search engine in the country.
The company said that mobile services are the "partial blocked" on its website a list of available services, China, Monday
Previously, the Web site has said there were "no issues" with its mobile services.
It is not clear whether the Chinese government that a large system of censorship has a change, or whether it was by one of a number of relatively common Internet blocks in China. Range block was unclear.
about the availability of mobile search from Google in China, often as a person familiar with the Mountain View, California, the company said that identify the company hadn 't whether expressly retaliation by the Chinese government.
It comes as Google executives—along with Chinese Internet users—are paying close attention to the accessibility of Google services on the mainland, after the company defied the Chinese government saying it would no longer censor its search results, amid its concerns that Beijing was tightening its grip over the Internet. After reaching a stalemate with Chinese officials over the degree to which it could operate an unfiltered search engine in the country, Google began sending its users in mainland China to a version of its search services that it doesn't censor in Hong Kong last week.
Officials from the Chinese government to immediately blasted the move, sparking speculation that Beijing will cut to other Google services, or you can transfer from Google.cn its new office in Hong Kong Web site can prevent movement.
Climate doubts about whether Google will continue to maintain business operations in China. Until now, Google has decided to receive certain services in the People's Republic of China, as well as maps and services, music to be found.
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal last week, when Google founders Sergey Brin, the company hopes that its services are available and reviewed all its operations will continue to decide to move to Hong Kong to the
Unwinding censor their mobile results showed that complex Web search. Google's last week said that the migration of mobile phones on the uncensored search engine in the coming days. But the company said it would honor existing agreements to censor the mobile search and mobile operators. Meanwhile, mobile companies cut ties with the company on a voluntary basis.
Last week, China's second largest mobile operator China Unicom said, Ltd., that I stop install ' t the Google News search of some phones, relying on the company 's decision to censor.
Starting Monday, Google \ 's other services for Chinese users, such as blocked his report, search and pictures, not \' t depend on the Google homepage. Others, such as YouTube and her blog services Blogger writes, remained closed, as they were for many months.