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AirTalk

Google leaves China for Hong Kong

By AirTalk Staff
Published Mar 23, 2010
A Chinese flag flies next to the Google company logo outside the Google China headquarters in Beijing on March 22, 2010.
A Chinese flag flies next to the Google company logo outside the Google China headquarters in Beijing on March 22, 2010.
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Google's fans light the candles on the Google logo at its China headquarters building on March 23, 2010 in Beijing, China.
Google's fans light the candles on the Google logo at its China headquarters building on March 23, 2010 in Beijing, China.
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Google leaves China for Hong Kong
Google shut down its Chinese search engine yesterday and began directing users in the country to its Hong Kong website. The move comes two months after Google pledged to stop censoring its website in China, when the company claimed it was targeted by cyber attacks originating from the country. Google's actions are threatening relations with the Chinese government, which responded by blocking links and searches for objectionable content on the Hong Kong site. What is the future of Google in China?

Google shut down its Chinese search engine yesterday and began directing users in the country to its Hong Kong website. The move comes two months after Google pledged to stop censoring its website in China, when the company claimed it was targeted by cyber attacks originating from the country. Google's actions are threatening relations with the Chinese government, which responded by blocking links and searches for objectionable content on the Hong Kong site. What is the future of Google in China?

Guest:

Rebecca Fannin, author of Silicon Dragon: How China is Winning the Tech Race, and a regular contributor to Forbes