It's not that Google is running away from Chinese hackers. Google has some of the brightest engineers in the world. The attack appeared to target some Chinese h

It's not that Google is running away from Chinese hackers. Google has some of the brightest engineers in the world. The attack appeared to target some Chinese human rights activists. These people were using Google accounts, likely because Google, similarly, doesn't endorse the practices of the communist Chinese govt., and the attack highlighted the two sides more clearly. Google is simply choosing to be more clear about its stand, even if it costs them revenue.