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BBC website 'unblocked in China'

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Beijing : China | about 1 year ago  
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People in China are able to access English language stories on the BBC News website in full, after years of strict control by Beijing.

The Communist authorities often block news sites such as the BBC in a policy dubbed the "great firewall of China".

But BBC staff working in China now say they are able to access ...

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