I have had a red warning box on top of the page when I access GMail. It says that there have been three attacks from China:

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> IP Address: 117.70.121.33  
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> Location: Xuancheng, Anhui, China
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and two others.

Is this common?

Could this be done from anywhere around the world or just from China? I mean, if the Chinese firewall will block hackers e.g. from France, US or Israel to access some computer in Xuancheng, Anhui, China and act as a Chinese attack or the wall is preventing from this.

It seems IMO that attacks from China is the most common place of attack. Is this just a coincidence or purposefully doing because it is not easy to ask Chinese government for permission of logs when using China servers for attacks on EU or US targets.

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This is in an email from Google:

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> derfder,
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> Someone recently tried to use an application to sign in to your Google Account, --------------@gmail.com. We prevented the sign-in attempt in case this was a hijacker trying to access your account. Please review the details of the sign-in attempt:
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> Tuesday, October 23, 2012 10:06:26 AM GMT  
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> IP Address: 117.70.121.33
> Location: Xuancheng, Anhui, China
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> If you do not recognize this sign-in attempt, someone else might be trying to access your account. You should sign in to your account and reset your password immediately. Find out how at <http://support.google.com/accounts?p=reset_pw>
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> If this was you, and you want to give this application access to your account, complete the troubleshooting steps listed at <http://support.google.com/mail?p=client_login>
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> Sincerely,  
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> The Google Accounts Team
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