China's Xinjiang 'isolated' by email, phone blocksResidents in China's restive Xinjiang region remain isolated from the outside world with long-lasting Internet and phone cuts that have prompted some businesses to relocate re·lo·cate v. re·lo·cat·ed, re·lo·cat·ing, re·lo·cates v.tr. To move to or establish in a new place: relocated the business. v.intr. , locals said Saturday. Emails are still blocked nearly four months after deadly ethnic unrest erupted in the regional capital Urumqi, as are text messages and international phone calls, residents told AFP (1) (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in an AppleTalk network. In order for non-Apple networks to access data in an AppleShare server, their protocols must translate into the AFP language. See file sharing protocol. . "Our business has been seriously affected, and we have had to set up an office in Lanzhou (capital of neighbouring Gansu province)," said the head of an Urumqi-based firm, who asked to remain anonymous. Xinjiang authorities "set up a green channel (for calls and the Internet) for... trade companies in Xinjiang, but it's not enough for us to handle business", he told AFP by phone. Riots erupted in Urumqi on July 5, leaving 197 people dead, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. official figures, in the worst ethnic violence in China in decades. Authorities quickly reacted by restricting the flow of information going in and out of the region, in one of the biggest known Internet shutdowns anywhere. The government says terrorists, separatists separatists, in religion, those bodies of Christians who withdrew from the Church of England. They desired freedom from church and civil authority, control of each congregation by its membership, and changes in ritual. In the 16th cent. and religious extremists used the Internet, telephones and mobile text messages to spread rumours and hatred as the July violence erupted in Urumqi. But nearly four months later, residents in Xinjiang said they still had very limited access to the Internet. "Emails can't be sent and received, Internet can only be used in Xinjiang and text messages can't be used," a receptionist at a hotel in Kashgar, another big city in the region, told AFP by phone. One businessman in Urumqi, who also wished to remain anonymous, said his company had not relocated re·lo·cate v. re·lo·cat·ed, re·lo·cat·ing, re·lo·cates v.tr. To move to or establish in a new place: relocated the business. v.intr. but was having to contact all clients by fax. According to a blog by a 26-year-old American man living in Xinjiang, Dunhuang city in neighbouring Gansu had become a mecca for businessmen in Xinjiang. "Pretty much the first city outside of Xinjiang with Internet access See how to access the Internet. , Dunhuang has become the place for all businessmen and foreigners Foreigners alienage the condition of being an alien. androlepsy Law. the seizure of foreign subjects to enforce a claim for justice or other right against their nation. gypsyologist, gipsyologist Rare. to go to regain access to email and business contacts," he wrote in an October 19 posting. "Hotels and coffee shops tell me they've seen a noticeable increase in Xinjiang traffic." 
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