According to Reuters, Google is being blocked because it can produce links to pornography and information deemed harmful to national security. China has long taken a strict-censorship approach to the internet, but in May it lifted its blocking of some Western news agencies.
In Vietnam, the government owns all TV stations and newspapers. According to Mercury News, it has sent investigators to 61 cities and provinces in the country to control internet cafés that allow access to web sites deemed by authorities to be unsuitable. In developing countries, most individuals cannot afford their own computers so internet cafés are the most popular means of access.