According to Google, China is blocking Gmail for reasons not exactly clear, but after such statements, here we have today the response from the Chinese government.

As you may know, Gmail users in China have been unable to access their accounts for several days now, and after a technical inspection, officials from Google have found no problems in their system, so they believe that the source of the problem is the Chinese government.

Of course, Chinese government doesn't like these accusations and rejects them as false. However it appears that one of the sides is covering the truth, and we're going to find out which one soon enough. As for their quarrel, it all started after Google refused to censor some of the search results upon China's request, so this might be China's retribution.

One side isn't telling us the truth here, but so far we don't know who that is. Who knows, maybe there's even a third party involved?

[via Ubergizmo]