The Wall Street Journal is the third main foreign media censored by China

On August 3rd, China censored The Wall Street Journal, making it the third-largest U.S. media to be blocked by the “Great Wall Computer”

The Chinese version of the Wall Street Journal is now inaccessible to Chinese users do not have to bypass techniques, as shown in the site GreatFire.org that monthly checks the availability of sites in China. However, the English version of the Wall Street Journal is available.

In June 2012, Bloomberg experienced the same thing followed by the New York Times last October. Both sites are still not accessible to Chinese people, due to some reports involving the current Chinese President Xi Jinping and former Prime Minister Wen Jiabao and their families.

Early 2013, the Wall Street Journal suffered some hacking attempts from Chinese cybercriminals and stated that these attacks took place to monitor news coverage from its journalists in China. Chinese authorities denied any role in the attacks. Not only Beijing blocks access to news sites but also to web giants such as Google, Facebook, and Twitter.

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