Over the past 48 hours, and perhaps longer, it appears that TechCrunch is being blocked inside China. We've confirmed this with contacts and tipsters inside China who can no longer access our site, as well as through Web tools such as WebsitePulse and Just Ping which pings sites from inside China's Great Firewall. Both of those services indicate that, at least in Shanghai, readers cannot connect to TechCrunch. Chinese readers have reported problems accessing the site in the past as well. If you are located in China and you can read this, please let us know in comments.
We are not really sure why we are being blocked. Recently, we've covered Google's decision to to perhaps stop doing business in China following a cyberattack on its servers in the country, but we don't think that is it.
Another possibility, which borders on the absurd, is that on Friday Michael put up a humorous post comparing a Google employee who stopped his SUV because he was talking on his cell phone to the Tank Man who famously blocked Chinese tanks at Tiananmen Square. The title of the post: "A Googler Has His Tiananmen Square Moment."
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