Google’s new approach to China

Google had just taken what we believe is a huge step for­ward for the web, and the world

We have decided we are no longer will­ing to con­tinue cen­sor­ing our results on Google​.cn, and so over the next few weeks we will be dis­cussing with the Chinese gov­ern­ment the basis on which we could oper­ate an unfil­tered search engine within the law, if at all. We rec­og­nize that this may well mean hav­ing to shut down Google​.cn, and poten­tially our offices in China

This is a hugely impor­tant step, and a coura­geous one by Google, who really are will­ing to put their money where their mouth is.

The full story is well worth reading.

3 responses to “Google’s new approach to China”:

  1. […] is amaz­ing news from Google (via Web Directions South): have led us to con­clude that we should review the fea­si­bil­ity of our busi­ness oper­a­tions in […]

  2. This leads me to the ques­tion: Would google recon­sider it’s busi­ness oppor­tu­ni­ties and via­bil­ity in Australia if the gov­ern­ment pass a bill for a nation wide manda­tory Internet Filter?

    • By:Bruce Xia
    • January 15th, 2010

    But google resumed cen­sor­ship just one day after its declaration!!!

    Is this just a busi­ness show?

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