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Google shuts search service in inland China over censorship

Google office on Beijing.

03:52 23/03/2010

Google has decided to close its Internet search service based in inland China over censorship concerns and will direct Chinese users to a Hong Kong-based uncensored version of its search engine.

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Secret Agent Google in China
11:45 25/03/2010
The Google affair was expected to be resolved in China this week. But there is no resolution in sight and still nothing is clear, although a great many interesting facts have come to light and a great many important statements have been made.
Chinese media accuse Google of being political tool
01:14 22/03/2010
China's state-run news agency Xinhua in an editorial accused Google of being a political tool to "export culture, values and ideas," a day before the world's largest search engine is expected to announce that it would leave the country.
China blames Washington for sour relations
11:43 02/03/2010
Beijing places the responsibility for worsening of relations between China and the United States on Washington and hopes that the U.S. administration will respect China's interests, a Chinese diplomat said on Tuesday.
China denies involvement in cyber attacks on Google
02:44 25/01/2010
China has denied its involvement in the cyber attacks on Google and other companies after being urged by the U.S. to respond to Google's claim, Xinhua has said.
Can 400 million Chinese Internet users be mistaken?
17:17 22/01/2010
MOSCOW. (Dmitry Kosyrev, RIA Novosti political commentator) - It is hard to tell how many drafts it took to finalize the speech on the Internet's role in a global world, to be delivered by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday night. She probably also wished to God she could stay away from this issue, which has unexpectedly become sensitive for the United States.
China urges world to unite for internet security
11:46 14/01/2010
Beijing called Thursday on the international community to cooperate in greater control of the internet, even as Google threatened to leave China after its computers were hacked from within the communist country.
Google threatens to pull out of China
17:58 13/01/2010
Dismayed by the prospect of a China without Google, visitors left flowers at its Beijing headquarters on Wednesday as Web sites buzzed with words of support and appeals to stay.
U.S. seeks explanation from China on Internet attacks claims
09:02 13/01/2010
The U.S. expects Beijing to respond to claims that Google and other firms have the subject of Internet attacks originating from China, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said.

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Google threatens to pull out of China
17:58 13/01/2010
Dismayed by the prospect of a China without Google, visitors left flowers at its Beijing headquarters on Wednesday as Web sites buzzed with words of support and appeals to stay.

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A row between Google and the Chinese authorities erupted in January, when the company said it had discovered a "sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China," along with 31 other companies.

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Google shuts search service in inland China over censorship

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