Bing search engine blocked in China
Microsoft Corp's Bing search engine has been blocked in China, the company said on Wednesday, making it the latest foreign technology service to be shut down behind the country's Great Firewall.
"We've confirmed that Bing is currently inaccessible in China and are engaged to determine next steps," the company said in a statement.
It is the US technology giant's second setback in China since November 2017 when its Skype internet phone call and messaging service was pulled from Apple and Android app stores.
A search performed on Bing's China website - cn.bing.com - from within mainland China directs the user to a page that says the server cannot be reached.
The Financial Times, citing a source, reported on Wednesday that China Unicom, a major state-owned telecommunication company, had confirmed the government order to block the search engine.
Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), a government watchdog, did not respond to faxed questions about Bing's blocked website.
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