Microsoft's Bing search engine blocked in China

id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body"> A man walks past a Microsoft sign outside a Microsoft office building in Beijing.<br> <br> <br> <br> Greg Baker / AFP/Getty Images Microsoft's Bing search engine is inaccessible in China following a government order, the Financial Times reported late Wednesday.<br> <br> <br> <br> State-owned telecom company China Unicom confirmed that the government had ordered the block, the Financial Times reported, citing a source. Microsoft didn't immediately respond to a request for comment but is reportedly investigating the matter.<br> <br> <br> <br> If Bing is indeed blocked in China, it would become the second major search engine to exit the country. Google withdrew its search engine and oogle - http://google.pl other websites in 2010 to avoid censorship and any compromise to its commitment to a free and open internet.<br> <br> <br> <br> Facebook, Twitter and Yahoo are among the thousands of websites originating in the west that are blocked by the so-called Great Firewall of China.<br> <br> <br> <br> Share your voice<br> <br> Comments Tags<br> <br> Internet Tech Industry Microsoft