Many people in China (and some in the United States) have been reporting problems with Gmail these days. Google has accused China of interfering with Gmail accounts—Chinese authorities of course are denying the allegations.
According to testing performed by Great Firewall.Biz Google is 45 times slower than QQ (who could of have imagined) and 8 times slower than Yahoo.
Related: Censorship in China: Leaping the Wall –The Economist
China Tightens Censorship of Electronic Communications –China Digital Times
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