The Economist and the Time have published stories criticising Chinese President Xi Jinping.
BEIJING: The Economist and Time have joined the list of foreign news websites including The New York Times, The Independent and the BBC currently blocked in mainland China.
The sites appear to have been censored as a result of recently published cover articles in the magazines critical of China's President Xi Jinping, The New York Times reported on Friday.
According to GreatFire.org, a website that tracks internet and social media censorship in China, The Economist's website and its cover article have been completely censored since April 2.
The Economist's mobile app, through which users can download the magazine and read its online articles, has also been censored.
Several public accounts managed by The Economist on WeChat, a popular Chinese social media app, have also been suspended.
However, the websites of the publication's umbrella company, The Economist Group, and the group's consulting arm, The Economist Intelligence Unit, have not been blocked.
GreatFire.org also showed that those searching for the Time website or the magazine's cover article have experienced frequent connection resets since April 5.
China's system of internet controls, known as the Great Firewall, resets the connections of web requests that contain certain censored keywords. Time's mobile app is still functioning.
The sites appear to have been censored as a result of recently published cover articles in the magazines critical of China's President Xi Jinping, The New York Times reported on Friday.
According to GreatFire.org, a website that tracks internet and social media censorship in China, The Economist's website and its cover article have been completely censored since April 2.
Several public accounts managed by The Economist on WeChat, a popular Chinese social media app, have also been suspended.
However, the websites of the publication's umbrella company, The Economist Group, and the group's consulting arm, The Economist Intelligence Unit, have not been blocked.
GreatFire.org also showed that those searching for the Time website or the magazine's cover article have experienced frequent connection resets since April 5.
China's system of internet controls, known as the Great Firewall, resets the connections of web requests that contain certain censored keywords. Time's mobile app is still functioning.
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