Technology

China Telecom's block comes a week after Skype announced that it has signed a deal with TOM Online, China's top wireless company, located in Hong Kong. The two companies forged an alliance to will tap into China's quickly growing online communication market.

The boss of eBay recently told analysts that China was a "must win" for all global internet businesses.

Google, the most used search engine, is under pressure in China and losing market share to its biggest local rival Baidu.com, a survey has found.