Website of New York Times blocked in China

China blocked access to the English as well as Chinese-language website of the New York Times on 26 October 2012 in the country, after the website published article on the Prime Minister Wen Jiabao with a claim that he and his family has created a total asset of at least US dollar 2.7 Million.

A spokesperson from Foreign Ministry of China announced that the blocking of the website was done in accordance to the laws available in the country. The Chinese Authorities also blocked the attempts to mention the names of The Times and the Wen Jiabao in the posts of its own mini-blogging site named Sina Weibo, which functions similar to that of Twitter.

The New York Times is not the first website to be blocked in the mainlands of China, before this Google in the year 2010 moved its server to Hong Kong the semi-autonomous Chinese territory where censorship firewalls of the China couldn’t make it a prey. It happened after the agreement between the Chinese Authorities and Google failed to reach any conclusion on unrestricted search options on internet.