Chinese Users Cannot Access Google…At All

It’s not like we didn’t see it coming. When Google announced last week that it would be redirecting its Chinese users to the Hong Kong version of its site, everyone expected Chinese retribution.

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Google Shuts China Search Site

Published on 22 March 2010 by in Headline News

Google Shuts China Search Site

Two months after threatening to leave China, , Google announced today that it will stop censoring its search services – Google Search, Google News, and Google Images on Google.cn. Visitors to Google.cn are now being redirected to Google.com.hk where Google is offering uncensored search in simplified Chinese. “Figuring out how to make good on our promise to stop censoring [...]

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Google May Shut Down Its Chinese Search Engine For Real

It’s been an ongoing battle since January, but now it may really be happening: the climax of the Google China drama may be approaching.

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U.S. investigators link Attacks on Google to Asian Group

Initial investigations by the U.S. Intelligence and law-enforcement officials on the cyber attacks on Google and as many as 33 other companies have found many evidence pointing to an Asian hacking group that is likely Chinese. U.S. investigators “have noticed familiar hallmarks, suggesting the group that attacked Google and others may have been involved in [...]

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There May Be More to Google China Issue than We Thought

A recent Reuters article reports that thorny legal issues have created high stakes in the recent announcement by Google that it may pull out of China.

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Google and NSA to Probe December’s Cyber Attack

Don’t think for a second that Google is going to forget about those corporate espionage attacks that it may have incurred from within China. The search engine giant has teamed up with the US National Security Agency to further investigate the crime.

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Google’s China phones are on hold

Published on 19 January 2010 by in Headline News

Google’s China phones are on hold

Because of Google’s statement released last week about the cyber attacks that it traced to China and the threat to halt its operations in the country, Google felt it is best to delay the launch of two planned mobile-phones models that use its Android operating system, the Wall Street Journal reported. The two phones are [...]

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Possible Consequences of Google’s Proposed Pull-out From China

It’s now day two of Google’s proposed pull-out from China. Already, there has been a huge outpouring of support from China’s web community. The Irish Times reports that defiant online messages have been posted and bouquets of flowers have been left at the company’s headquarters in Beijing. Attached to one bouquet was a note that [...]

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Google threat to exit China after massive cyber attacks

Google announcement that it will stop censoring its Chinese search site  and may put an end to its operation in China, triggered shock waves through the country’s fast-growing Internet industry. In mid-December, Google, Adobe Systems, and a host of other Silicon Valley companies were targeted by attacks originating in China, a security researcher familiar with [...]

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