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Google's New Approach For China Is To Serve From Hong Kong

Posted by Soulskill on from the gauntlet-thrown dept.

abs0lutz3ro writes with a major update to the Google/China situation we've been discussing so much lately: "Google has stopped censoring simplified Chinese search results on google.cn by redirecting users to google.com.hk, which Google maintains is entirely legal. From the official blog: 'We want as many people in the world as possible to have access to our services, including users in mainland China, yet the Chinese government has been crystal clear throughout our discussions that self-censorship is a non-negotiable legal requirement. We believe this new approach of providing uncensored search in simplified Chinese from Google.com.hk is a sensible solution to the challenges we've faced—it's entirely legal and will meaningfully increase access to information for people in China. We very much hope that the Chinese government respects our decision, though we are well aware that it could at any time block access to our services. We will therefore be carefully monitoring access issues, and have created this new web page, which we will update regularly each day, so that everyone can see which Google services are available in China.' Seems like google.cn got served (from google.com.hk)."

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  1. Re:Next up on the Chinese agenda by Daetrin · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Invade, conquer and annex Hong Kong."

    Good thing they didn't redirect towards their servers in Taiwan!

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  2. Re:i'm getting a premonition by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Like a fat ass at Walmart?

  3. Re:China's next move by Volante3192 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Horsey to pointy guy six.

    Hmm... Get him, boys!

  4. google.com.tw by Arancaytar · · Score: 3, Funny

    If they wanted to piss off the PRC, they might have redirected to Google Taiwan instead. :P

  5. Re:Next up on the Chinese agenda by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I think you mean 1997. The year 97 was 1913 years ago.

  6. Re:Yes but how does this mechaincally work by kclittle · · Score: 3, Funny

    > Past that, the KMT is about as likely to retake the mainland as the Tories are to retake the US.

    Yessssssssssss!

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  7. Re:China's next move by calmofthestorm · · Score: 3, Funny

    *sigh* I guess we've always been at war with Eurasia.

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  8. Re:Market Share by Toze · · Score: 5, Funny

    A small minority of people

    porn

    Sir, I believe I have discovered a flaw in your argument.

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  9. Re:Next up on the Chinese agenda by besalope · · Score: 2, Funny

    If the the GP AC is a COBOL programmer... to them it is 97!