China Blocks Google As Tienanmen Anniversary Looms

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Mark Melin
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Google is reportedly being blocked in China as the country approaches the anniversary of the Tienanmen Square uprising. Multiple sources report blocking of Google services While the communist country has not confirmed the censorship, CNET.com is reporting that since last week, Chinese regulators have stopped several of Google’s applications, including its email, search and other applications.  Many users inside China have reported Google’s services being unavailable from last week as well. Google has a volatile relationship with China, highlighted by Google’s leaving the nation for Hong Kong in the face of government censorship. Moving outside Chinese borders allowed Google to…

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.

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