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Google discontinues Google Translate in mainland China
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Google's web address, is displayed on a screen in Philadelphia, April 26, 2017. Google has discontinued its Google Translate services in mainland China, removing one of the company’s few remaining services that it offered to consumers in a country where most Western social media platforms are blocked. - photo by AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File
HONG KONG (AP) — Google has discontinued its Google Translate services in mainland China, removing one of the company’s few remaining services that it had provided in a country where most Western social media platforms are blocked. The Google Translate app and website now display a generic search bar and a link redirecting Chinese users to its page in Hong Kong, which is blocked on the mainland. Users reported not being able to access the service since Saturday, according to Chinese social media posts.