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The Â鶹ԼÅÄ's Celia Hatton demonstrates Chinese censorship of Â鶹ԼÅÄ World TV

Access to the Â鶹ԼÅÄ's English-language website has been blocked across China, the corporation has said.

Â鶹ԼÅÄ Global News director Peter Horrocks said it appeared to be "", adding that the Â鶹ԼÅÄ was complaining to the authorities.

Other major news websites were functioning as usual, and the reason for the blackout remained unclear.

Since the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Â鶹ԼÅÄ's English-language site has been generally available.

However, other Â鶹ԼÅÄ services including its Chinese-language news website has been blocked largely since it was launched.

Â鶹ԼÅÄ World TV - as with all overseas broadcasters - suffers intermittent blackouts particularly when reporting China stories.

Mr Horrocks said: "The Â鶹ԼÅÄ provides impartial, trusted news to millions of people around the world, and attempts to censor our news services show just how important it is to get our accurate information to them."

The last time the Â鶹ԼÅÄ's English-language website was disrupted was during the corporation's coverage of activist Chen Guangcheng's escape from house arrest in April 2012.