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Network architecture

Icons of WeChat and Weibo app in Beijing

Questions remain about the web crash in China, one of the biggest internet failures ever

Environment

On Tuesday hundreds of millions of people in China trying to visit the country’s most popular websites found themselves redirected to an address of a company based in the US.

Non-Latin web addresses go live

Environment
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