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| People in China are reportedly able to access stories on the BBC News website in full, after years of strict control by the Beijing government. | People in China are reportedly able to access stories on the BBC News website in full, after years of strict control by the Beijing government. |
| Dubbed the great firewall of China, the Communist government routinely blocks foreign news sites such as the BBC. | Dubbed the great firewall of China, the Communist government routinely blocks foreign news sites such as the BBC. |
| But BBC staff working in China now say they are able to access news stories that would have been blocked before. | But BBC staff working in China now say they are able to access news stories that would have been blocked before. |
| The Chinese media website Danwei is also reporting that BBC news output is available to users "without hindrance". | The Chinese media website Danwei is also reporting that BBC news output is available to users "without hindrance". |
| Beijing has never admitted to blocking access to BBC news stories - and there has been no official confirmation that the website has been unblocked. | |
| But Chinese users trying to access pages on the site have almost always been redirected to an error message telling them: "The connection was reset." | |
| It now appears that this is no longer the case, and access to the site is much easier. | |
| Technology experts say such a development would not be possible without the approval of internet service providers - which are under strict supervision by Beijing. | |
| The Chinese authorities had promised to give foreign journalists more freedom in the run-up to this summer's Olympic Games. | |
| But analysts say that recent outbreaks of unrest in Tibet have made this promise more difficult for Beijing to uphold. | But analysts say that recent outbreaks of unrest in Tibet have made this promise more difficult for Beijing to uphold. |