China Forces Google Out – The Great Firewall of China

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Google has shut down its search engine in mainland China after it stopped redirecting users to its uncensored website in Hong Kong.

It is still possible to get a Google search in mainland China, however. Chinese web surfers are able to click on a link on the Google.cn home page that takes them to the Hong Kong site.

The move is a concession to Chinese government mandarins, who had threatened to revoke Google’s license to operate in the glorious People’s Republic if it did not kowtow to their demands.

In a blog post Google said it is changing how Internet users in China access its search engine.

The hope is that Google will be able to renew its license to offer online content in China. Why it would want to do this, when it made such a big show about leaving, is anyone’s guess.

It remains unclear whether the Chinese government will accept what one analyst called a “peace offering”. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said at a regular press briefing Tuesday that he had not seen Google’s statement and had no specific comment.


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Martin
13 years ago

In my opinion, the Great Firewall is pure protectionism and I’m surprised that China hasn’t already been brought to the WTO.

If you wanna see which websites are currently blocked in China, check out http://www.greatfirewall.biz

13 years ago

Now if Google listed sites as numbers there’d be no problem.

“I’ll have a number 4 with egg fried rice and a number 8 with mushroom rice”

…works over here….;-)

..this clearly shows I understand the tiddly winks…give it a number and you’re away.

13 years ago

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Admin
13 years ago

I agree with Jack here. I have read that there is already talk about somehow controlling the internet here. I’m not sure how they would do that.

13 years ago

It is a shame that any government should restrict the access of information via any search engine. That is why we in America must always fight any attempt at internet control here by anyone.

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