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Youtube officials confirmed on Tuesday that the website was being blocked in China. "Youtube has been blocked in China since yesterday" company spokesman Scot Rubin said. We don't know the reason for the blockage, and we're working as quickly as possible to restore access to our users in China."

There is no news that the Chinese government has blocked YouTube even though it has censored television broadcasts, including those by BBC and CNN, during coverage of issues such as its policy in Tibet and Taiwan in previous times.

"China is not afraid of the Internet," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang Tuesday. "We manage the Internet according to law ... to prevent the spread of harmful information."