China blocks access to WikiLeaks

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http://www.indianexpress.com/news/china-blocks-access-to-wikileaks/718683/

Posted: Wed Dec 01 2010, 17:11 hrs
Beijing:

China on Wednesday blocked access to WikiLeaks, which has released 2.5 lakh secret US documents, with its official media stonewalling publication of the leaked cables highlighting Beijing's embarrassing predicament over its close ally North Korea and allegations that it directly authorised hacking of Google.

Wikileaks.org and cablegate.wikileaks.org were totally blocked and could not be accessed even through some of the free proxy servers, underlining the extent of control the government exercises in China, which has the largest network base of over 420 million internet users.