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As I understand it, Google actually had been cooperating with China's censorship requests, but didn't like it, and Google made the decision themselves[1] to rel
by dwringer 9y ago
As I understand it, Google actually had been cooperating with China's censorship requests, but didn't like it, and Google made the decision themselves[1] to relocate offices [ED: web search was moved but Google maintains offices in mainland China] to Hong Kong rather than continue self-censorship.
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2010/mar/23/google-china-censorship-hong-kong https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2010/mar/23/google-ch...
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoGoogle didn't "relocate" to Hong Kong, their offices in Wudaokou kept running, they just shutdown their Mainland-based webserver.
- mattnewton 9y agoAnd redirected it to Hong Kong, which was then blocked, because they weren’t playing ball anymore.
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoYes, but google still has other business in china (android, selling ads to Chinese customers). They sacrificed their web search business, but not everything else.
- dwringer 9y agoI apologize for my misleading statements. From my amateur reading of the coverage at the time, I had no idea of this; I appreciate the additional information.
- sidibe 9y agoI'm pretty sure nothing Google-related works in China. Youtube/search/gmail etc. are all blocked. They have Android phones but no Google services on them. They do sell ads there but to companies targeting Chinese people outside of China.
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoThey just recently opened a new office in Shenzhen, so something is going on, but I mostly agree.
- yorwba 9y agoThere are a few services that work. Google Translate is available, and you can connect to gmail using an email client instead of the website.
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