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Google China Operations To Continue
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) will continue their Chinese operations. Last week Google said that they would stop automatically re-routing users from the Google.cn (Google China) to the Google.hk (Google Hong Kong) link. Instead they have placed a Google.hk link on the Google.cn if Internet users in China would like to see uncensored content.
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Google Stops Redirecting Google.cn To Google.hk
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) made an announcement back in January that said that they have decided to no longer censor results on Google.cn, the Chinese version of their search engine. Three months after that, Google started redirecting Google.cn traffic to Google.hk, the Hong Kong version of their website.
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Google China (Google.cn) Now Being Redirected to Google Hong Kong (Google.hk)
Google and other 20 U.S. companies were victims to a cyber attack that originated from China. This was done in an attempt to limit free speech on the web. There is also persistent blocking of websites such as Blogger, Facebook, Google, Twitter, YouTube, and Google Docs. Google decided to stop censoring content in China to comply with government regulation.
Now when users visit Google.cn, the browser will be redirected to Google.hk. Google will continue to research and develop in China, but searching on Google will be done through servers in Hong Kong and will be uncensored. The official announcement was made by Google SVP of Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer David Drummond on the Google Blog. [Google Blog]
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Google Very Certain About Shutting Down Chinese Search Engine
Google has made plans to shut down their Chinese search engine. According to a source with FT.com, Google is “99.9 percent” certain that they will be shutting down the Chinese search engine because of failure to make an agreement over censorship. Google is attempting to find ways to keep operations going in China somehow, but Chinese authorities have been resistant. “If [Google] takes steps that violate Chinese laws, that would be unfriendly, that would be irresponsible, and they would have to bear the consequences,” stated Li Yizhong, the minister for industry and information technology. Google still hopes to stay in the country despite the fate of Google.cn. [FT.com]
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