GPS in China

Hello,
I am in Beijing and I can not get any of my apps on my 3Gs which use the GPS to 'determine' my location.
Does the GPS work in China?
Thanks,
Michael

Also it is assisted GPS (A-GPS) which means the cell carrier "assists" with it (can read about it on WiKi ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGPS ) what that means) so the carrier may be stopping (since it is the law apparently) and while the iPhone can do it without the carrier, it takes a lot longer as the power and processing to do it alone is more (hence why it has A-GPS)
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