Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Google Reported Ready To Leave China April 10

Posted by kdawson on from the so-he-says dept.

A number of readers including tsj5j and bruleriestdenis wrote to alert us to this CNET story: "Google is expected to announce on Monday that it will withdraw from China on April 10, according to a report in a Beijing-based newspaper that cited an unidentified sales associate who works with the company. 'I have received information saying that Google will leave China on April 10, but this information has not at present been confirmed by Google,' the China Business News quoted the agent as saying. The report also said Google would reveal its plans for its China-based staff that day."

3 of 176 comments (clear)

  1. Re:hmm... by cyfer2000 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Official language at Taiwan is mandarin, and the language called Taiwanese is the same dialect used in south of Fujian province. So the most part of spoken language is ok. The writing system is the problem. Taiwan use traditional character set, and mainland China use simplified character set.

    --
    There is a spark in every single flame bait point.
  2. Re:hmm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    GP is justified in his concern. Over a tiff over Australian-Chinese ore trade, China arrested four employees from the Australian firm Rio. Australian officials are banned from the proceedings.

    See:
    http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62I18V20100319

  3. Re:It's time to chew bubble gum and kick ass... by hitchhacker · · Score: 4, Informative

    Way to fuck up the real quote dude.
    "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubblegum" -- Roddy Piper
    The quote from 'They Live'