Google Reported Ready To Leave China April 10

Posted by kdawson on Friday March 19, 2010 @04:33AM 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."

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Re:hmm... by Sagelinka · 2010-03-19 04:59 · Score: 1, Troll

With good right your worried. I am too. They are people too. Loosing a good job working for Google will have serious financial issues for the people in China.
Why April 2nd? by NevarMore · 2010-03-19 05:49 · Score: 0, Troll

Methinks this is an April Fools Joke.
Mod me up or you are the other kind of person.