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Mar 23, 2010
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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?

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?

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

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