Tiananmen Anniversary: China Blocks Google

A number of Google websites in China have been blocked ahead of the 25th anniversary of pro-democracy demonstrations in Tiananmen Square.

It is thought the Chinese Government has been targeting Google's search engine, alongside YouTube and Twitter, to block access ahead of dates the ruling party considers sensitive.

China's Communist Party has been tightly controlling the public discussion of the violent crushing of protests in 1989, with a number of activists being detained when they met to discuss the protests.  

Twenty-five years ago, hundreds of students calling for democratic reform were shot dead by the Chinese Army after a seven-week-long peaceful protest in Tiananmen Square following the death of Communist Party official Hu Yaobang.

The block on Google's services coincides with the crackdown on pro-democracy protesters 25 years ago, which resulted in the deaths of hundreds of people in Beijing. 

A mock tank at an exhibtion in Hong Kong

A system known as the 'Great Firewall' is being employed to prevent internet users accessing information ahead of the anniversary, not just in China but also on overseas versions of Google.

GreatFire.org, which monitors censorship in China, said: "The block is indiscriminate as all Google services in all countries, encrypted or not, are now blocked in China."

Google has said the four-day shutdown in China will "severely disrupt" its online presence in the country.

The search engine giant released a statement regarding the information crackdown on its website.

It said: "The 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square incident is coming. This highlights another fierce battle in the war between China censorship authority and information flow."

Ahead of sensitive anniversaries or political meetings it is common for China to censor access to particular websites outside of the country.

GreatFire.org has suggested the blocks could be down to the increase of encryption, which allowed fully-accessible searches in China "unless the Chinese authorities directly blocked access to Google".

Google stopped offering a search engine service in mainland China in 2010 due to censorship issues but users were redirected to the Hong Kong version of the website, which was sometimes available.

The website has confirmed the online restrictions are not under its control.

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