【10.07.15 印度时报】Now, China turns on own soc-net sites

青蛙小王子

BEIJING: Top Chinese social networking sites offering services similar to Twitter have experienced sporadic service disruption in recent days, triggering fears that a government crackdown could be on the way.

Although Twitter has been banned for more than a year in China, Chinese Internet companies have been quick to fill the void, providing microblogging services that allow users to post frequent updates and follow other posters.

Netease.com's service was inaccessible on Wednesday, bearing a notice that said it had been under "maintenance" since the previous evening. Sohu.com also has confirmed its service was shut down for three days from last Friday. Sohu's service appeared to be operating normally on Wednesday, as did those of other major Chinese portals such as Tencent.com and Sohu.com. The mysterious problems have triggered speculation that crackdown by government censors is imminent.
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