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If Google has concrete evidence to suggest that the Chinese government was behind these attacks, why did they stop just short of saying so? And if they don't,

• netcan 17y ago
  They are treading thin ice. "We want to make clear that this move was driven by our executives in the United States, without the knowledge or involvement of our employees in China" I'm glad they are standing up and taking the high road. Still, no need to be stupid.
  • davidmurphy 17y ago
    One could argue they may have purposely done it this way to protect the Chinese staff from blame for this decision, hoping that the Chinese gov't wouldn't prosecute Google.CN staff because the "fault" for the decision lies back in the USA. (FWIW, some reports say Google.cn already is uncensored, which may be against the law. Thus the staff could be at risk.)
• pyre 17y ago
  They also say that they are working with the Chinese government to have a completely unfiltered Google.cn in China. Not outright mentioning that the Chinese government was involved could be: 1) a bargaining chip/threat to be in a better negotiating position with the government (i.e. We'll make this evidence public if you don't give us some leeway.) or 2) this could just be a way of making sure they don't sour relations with the Chinese government (in the hopes of having an unfiltered google.cn) before negotiations are concluded/terminated.