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Google v. China Timeline: A Search Giant Battles Censorship

By Kathryn YaoJun 29th 2010 – 3:44PM

Google's decision to tweak the access Chinese users have to its search data is just the latest twist in the lively history of relations between the world's largest search engine and the world's most populous country. January 2000: Launch of Baidu A pair of Chinese entrepreneurs who had studied abroad developed "Baidu,"...

Opinion: A Big Step Toward Online Freedom

Jan 22nd 2010 – 8:26AM
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(Jan. 22) – In a groundbreaking speech at the Newseum on Thursday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reset U.S. policy on Internet freedom, emphasizing the vital need for governments, companies and technology providers to ensure that the World Wide Web is a force for human rights. Of course, the real test will come...

Opinion: Internet Alone Won't Make Them Free

Jan 22nd 2010 – 8:26AM
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(Jan. 22) – It's ironic that an Internet company is getting kudos for its announcement that it may leave China. After all, for many years, the presumption has been that the Internet would be an unstoppable force for good in China and American companies would be on the cutting edge of this transformation. No one did...

Clinton Tips Hat to Google in China Web Spat

By Theunis BatesJan 21st 2010 – 3:50PM
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(Jan. 21) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton waded into the row between Google and China during a speech on Web freedom Thursday, declaring that U.S. companies should "take a principled stand" against repressive regimes that block their citizens' access to the Internet and cell phone networks. "We are urging U.S....

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TECHCRUNCH

Google Now Warns Chinese Users When Their Searches Go Out Of Bounds

By Rip Empson May 31st 2012 - 01:30PM

Those who don't live or haven't recently traveled to China may not have experienced this first hand, but Google Search has been known to be "inconsistent and unreliable" in mainland China — to use Google's words.

TECHCRUNCH

Groupon: “Getting It in the Ass” in China

By Jeremy Goldkorn Apr 26th 2011 - 10:42PM

A Global Mobile Internet Conference kicked off last night in Beijing.

TECHCRUNCH

Move Over iFund: DCM, Tencent, GREE, KDDI Launch $100M A-Fund

By Sarah Lacy Apr 21st 2011 - 04:08PM

But in Asia– and much of the rest of the developing world– the anticipated mobile giant is Android.

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New Book on Google Reveals Details on China, CEO's Political Donations

By Amar Toor Apr 04th 2011 - 12:52PM

In his new book, ' In the Plex ,' tech journalist Steven Levy traces the history of Google and exposes some juicy details about the company along the way.

Background on google china

Google China is a subsidiary of Google, Inc., the world's largest Internet search engine company. Google China ranks as the number 2 search engine in the People's Republic of China, after Baidu.

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