On August 29, 2002, Google was blocked in China for two weeks, regarded as the first major test of Great Firewall technology.
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多伦多方脸
2026-10-09 02:55 · 多伦多方脸 发布了新视频：方脸说：中国互联网封禁史！中国人是如何一步步丧失言论自由的？中国人失去的也不仅是自由，还有纠错机制！
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维基百科：谷歌中国
2026-10-09 07:27 · 2002年8月31日，Google和AltaVista搜索引擎在中国大陆被防火长城封锁。
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CPJ: China concerned about access to Google
2026-10-09 07:27 · On August 31, both the English and Chinese-language search engines operated by Google became inaccessible
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Google Blocked in China for Two Weeks in 2002
2002.08.31 · Reported
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