title: Google maps in china "Are they actually blocked"?
body: <p>Hi guys im working on a site which has a majority of chinese users. The problem is that it has been reported that google maps is not working for our users in china, because it is blocked.</p>
  
  <p>I have trawled the net looking for a definitive answer but cant seem to find one, does any one know for sure whether it is blocked or not.</p>
  
  <p>When I use a Chinese proxy I cannot reproduce the issue, and I am also not using https for my calls.</p>
  
  <p>//<strong>RESOLVED ISSUE</strong>//
   is not blocked however if you are embedding a map the script makes a call to <a href="https://maps.google" rel="nofollow">https://maps.google</a> which is blocked hence why maps are not showing.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for all the help accepted</p>