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The WhatsApp troubles emerged ahead of the WHATSAPP FOR CHINA AND CHINESE Communist Party congress on October 18, when WHATSAPP FOR CHINA AND CHINESE President Xi Jinping is expected to be given a second five-year term as the party's general secretary.

Users in China have reported WHATSAPP FOR CHINA AND CHINESE widespread disruptions in recent days to the Facebook-owned service, which had previously malfunctioned in the country over the summer.

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China has tightened WHATSAPP FOR CHINA AND CHINESE online policing this year, enacting new rules that require tech WHATSAPP FOR CHINA AND CHINESE companies to store user data inside the country as well as imposing restrictions on what is permissible content.

Chinese cyberspace WHATSAPP FOR CHINA AND CHINESE regulators said Monday they slapped "maximum" fines on major WHATSAPP FOR CHINA AND CHINESE Chinese tech firms Baidu and Tencent for allowing the publication of WHATSAPP FOR CHINA AND CHINESE , and other sorts of material on their social media platforms. WHATSAPP FOR CHINA AND CHINESE The amount of the fines was not disclosed.

Websites such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and a slew of foreign media have been blocked for years.

Many Chinese activists favour WhatsApp over local messaging WHATSAPP FOR CHINA AND CHINESE apps because of its end-to-end encryption function.

Experts said the problems began on WHATSAPP FOR CHINA AND CHINESE Sunday, although text messages, voice calls and video WHATSAPP FOR CHINA AND CHINESE calls appeared to be working again on Tuesday, though voice messages and photos were not going through.