Google Stands Ground on Google.cn

nmccart writes "Google gave testimony on Friday to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on International Relations. They discussed their decision to build google.cn in China. Elliot Schrage, the vice president for global communications and public affairs at Google describes how these China-based servers fit in to Google's mantra of 'Don't be evil.' Google hopes to use this as an opportunity to help bring global censorship into the spotlight of American politics. Will it work?"

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Google's Spine

[Sundroid]

Here is the famous photo from Tiananmen Square Massacre of 1989 showing a young man standing in front of a column of Chinese tanks sent to quash the students who demonstrated for democracy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_mass acre.

Today we don't know the fate of that brave young man, but we can safely assume that there is more steel in that young man's spine than any of the leaders in Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and Cicso who would choose to clear the way for the Chinese tanks if they were given the choice.