Update 2: Microsoft further addressed the issue, as explained in a recent blog post. Bing General Manager Mike Nichols says:
Gmail, Google Apps Issues Resolved
A game of word association would have to go on for quite some time before most people would put "Google Apps" and "Gmail" together with "outage." The two services recently took a partial tumble, though, and the experience has left some of the affected users less than happy.
China’s Brief Block On Yahoo Resolved
Google’s had its problems in China, but for a day or so, it seemed like Yahoo had been knocked out of the running entirely – the main site was inaccessible from within that country. The block has now been removed.
Textile Conflict Not Resolved Between China and U.S.
During annual trade talks, the United States and China made some progress, but did not exactly resolve the textile export conflict that has been going on between the two countries.