Apple’s iTunes is apparently back up and running in China following complaints from users and speculation that the site had ben blocked because of the increasingly popular Songs for Tibet album.

Chinese iTunes customers began complaining last Monday that they were unable to access the iTunes store. Shortly before users began experiencing difficulties, the Art of Peace Foundation released a statement claiming forty American Olympians had bought the album and head of the Foundation told the AP that he suspected the iTunes outage was because of the popularity of the album.

iTunes is reportedly back up and running, however the Songs for Tibet page is still down, remaining unavailable to users. The New York Times yesterday reported that the Songs for Tibet page on Amazon.com and links for the album on YouTube were also unavailable to users inside China although it’s not clear as to whether or not this is still the case.

Currently there is no iTunes for residents living inside China, with users instead accessing the .com version of the service or versions of iTunes for users in various other countries.

The day after Songs for Tibet was released, the Art of Peace Foundation announced that the album was number one on iTunes across the world. We contacted the foundation for a comment on the iTunes and Songs for Tibet situation in China and will update the article when they get back to us.