China blocks Twitter, YouTube, Bing

Washington: China is blocking access to Microsoft's new search engine, Bing, and its Hotmail email service, the company said ahead of the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown.

"Microsoft's Bing.com, Live.com and Hotmail.com are among several Internet services that have been blocked for customers in China," Microsoft director of public affairs Kevin Kutz said in a statement received by AFP.

"We are reaching out to the government to understand this decision and find a way to move forward," Kutz said.

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