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Chinese authorities have blocked Internet access for search engines (SE): Google, Yahoo! and Live Search (MSN). The only way out for Chinese now is to hide IP address in order to avoid the pursuit of the government.
Asians are known by their strangeness traditions as of European point of view. Today, on the 19th of October 2007, it was cleared up, that unusual Asian views for outward things are also spreading on the methods of Internet sites promotion and Network censorship. Chinese Internet providers have changed routes of the Network connections, therefore none of Chinese Internet users will be able to enter any international Internet Search engines - with any address typed - redirecting will be done to Baidu, the National Internet Search. So, with programs that allow to hide IP address they can bypass these rules. In this wise, we can say that now all of them have the chance to live a full life.
Frankly speaking it is not a surprise that Chinese government censors Internet sector - the country has very strong regulations regarding the freedom of speech. In any case, these rules are much stronger than in any other country. Internet search engine is a place where Chinese were able to read all the hidden facts regarding the first persons of the country.
Probably, this is the main reason for the blocked access for Chinese to many of the most popular portals. For the common Internet users who used to scandals, fights and expressed opinions of different social minorities, these Internet portals have nothing scandalous. Quite the contrary, most of all people are looking for the private life facts of well-known people or evidences of breaking human rights in the separate countries - this information is similar to the tabloid readings, it relaxes and agitates imagination, but does not bring any valued information.
The history has counted a lot of facts of blocking websites by Chinese authorities. The first "famous" event was restricted access to Wikipedia in 2004. Since then, locking and unlocking Wikipedia became a regular entertainment for Chinese authorities. China locks and unlocks encyclopedia access regularly. The first reason of blocking it, observers has considered that the pages of 'free encyclopedia' have information about the 4th July events in 1989, when the government forces dispersed the student's demonstration on Tyananymen square (approx 400 - 2600 Chinese died as a result of this act).
Afterwards, the World organization "Reporters without borders" included China in the 'Enemy of Internet' list for the confining of freedom of speech (that rating included China at the first place and Belarus as well). Official China made a protest to the organization and declared that 'Chinese have easy Internet access and can find all the information they require. Nowadays, the residents of China are able to receive much more information than before Global network came to China. Same as in other countries, we control Global network in accordance with our internal laws.' Apparently, in accordance with these laws China blocked access to Google's pages in summer 2006. Only after consent of the Google's management to organize a censorship of the search results in their SE - popular portal became available to Chinese users. Microsoft and Yahoo did the same that year!
Regulation of virtual space in China does not limit to search engines only. The development of blogging communities are also controlled by China's authorities. Thus, in 2007 two companies Yahoo and Microsoft signed the agreement. In accordance with this agreement they assumed obligations to control the blogs of Chinese users. Among the other limitations, the bloggers were informed that they couldn't use pseudonyms, only real name and other personal information could be used. Yahoo was also accused of helping China's authorities and breach of human rights. According to accusers, Yahoo exposed materials from the private mail box of the political prisoner Van Syaonin to the China's authorities.
