Chinese netizens 'occupy' Obama's Google+ page

Beijing, Feb 26 (ANI): US President Barack Obama's Google+ page has been flooded with messages from Internet users in China after the social networking site suddenly became accessible in the country.

Every current topic on Obama's Google+ page attracted hundreds of messages in Chinese.

Some contributors made jokes, while others said they were 'occupying' the site in the style of western Occupy campaigns, The BBC reports.

Some users appealed for the liberty of civil rights activist Chen Guangcheng, who is under house arrest.

Others asked about a recent political intrigue in south-west China, in which one of the country's top policemen, Wang Lijun, spent a day in the US consulate in Chengdu for undisclosed reasons.

Google+ is normally blocked in China along with other social networking sites as the government authorities call them 'unacceptable'.

Since Google+ was launched in 2011, software known informally as the Great Firewall had appeared to block it within China.

But on February 20 internet-users in many parts of China found they could gain access to the site.

Meanwhile, the White House has not commented on the upsurge of Chinese interest in Obama's campaign site. (ANI)