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Google Redirects China Search Engine

Mar 22nd 2010 – 3:47PM
Liu Jin, AFP/Getty Images

Liu Jin, AFP/Getty Images

SAN FRANCISCO (March 22) - Google Inc. stopped censoring the Internet for China by shifting its search engine off the mainland Monday but said it will maintain other operations in the country. The maneuver attempts to balance Google's disdain for China's Internet rules with the company's desire to profit from an...

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....

google in china News From AOL

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.

SWITCHED

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.

google in china News From the Web

  • 12/13/11 Google's China Story Source: Outlook Kai-Fu Lee, a well-known Chinese computer expert working for Microsoft in the US, crossed over into Google to help it establish an office in China--reportedly on an annual salary of US $ 13 million.
  • 09/30/11 Google claims revenue growth in China despite... Source: ZDNet Google's senior officials have claimed revenue gains in China, the world's largest Internet market, as the world's dominant search engine seeks to retain confidence from its partners after mulling a pull-out from Chinese mainland in 2010 March.
  • 06/06/11 China Editorial Blasts Google as a 'Political Tool' Source: NewsFactor.com Google's charge that China is hosting hackers has resulted in a Chinese newspaper charging that Google is trying to cause trouble between China and the U.S. Google said recent Gmail hacks originated from Jinan, China, which China denies.
  • 11/08/10 Ad sellers set to file lawsuit against Google Source: People's Daily Seven Chinese advertising resellers on Monday said they plan to file a lawsuit against Google Inc, the latest move outlining the strained relations between the US-based online giant and its former partners.
  • 11/06/10 Baidu the Major Beneficiary of Google's Dispute with... Source: Morningstar The seven resellers involved in the dispute account for close to a third of Google's distributors in China, employ 3,000 sales people, and reportedly generated CNY 150 million in sales, or about 7% of the total, for Google China in 2009.

Background on google in 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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