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Full article: http://archive.is/eOm2B http://archive.is/eOm2B Thanks for sharing, I've only ever heard the "PR" flavor of why they left. This makes more sense.

• DogOnTheWeb 8y ago
  Stephen Levy covers it heavily in "In The Plex". If my memory serves, they censored Google.cn, but did not block users in China from the un-censored Google.com. The PRC alternated between blocking and unblocking .com. My understanding of the final straw was the hacking of gmail to steal the communications and network info of Chinese dissidents and activists. More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_China#Giving_up_Google_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_China#Giving_up_Google_...
  • mkol2 8y ago
    That was all part of the official story. It was "only" about 8 years ago so it is available online as well as on HN. "A new approach to China" http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-approach-to-china.html http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-approach-to-china... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1048800 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1048800 "A new approach to China: an update" http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/new-approach-to-china-update.html http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/new-approach-to-china... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1211090 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1211090 "China condemns decision by Google to lift censorship" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8582233.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8582233.stm