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Report: Google Will Return To China

Posted by Soulskill on from the part-2-the-revenge dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Google famously withdrew from mainland China in 2010 after fending off a series of cyberattacks from local sources. Now, according to a (paywalled) report from The Information, the company is working on plans to return. "As part of the deal Google is looking to strike, Google would follow the country's laws and block apps that the government objects to, one person told The Information." They're also seeking approval for a Chinese version of Google Play.

4 of 82 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Well jeeze! C'mon... by bob_super · · Score: 3, Interesting

    "money has no smell" Old proverb

  2. Re:Folding@Home by Fire_Wraith · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Pretty much.

    Seriously, if I wanted to run an authoritarian regime restricting internet content, there are certain things that would be absolutely left unblocked, namely porn and cat memes/videos.

  3. Re:Folding@Home by ShanghaiBill · · Score: 3, Interesting

    We've got faculty who regularly travel to China - their access to our university VPN service is routinely interfered with.

    They should ask some teenage boys for help. It also makes a huge difference where they are in China. Censorship is very heavy in Beijing, but much lighter in Shanghai and even lighter in smaller cities. It is heavy in Tibet, but much lighter in Xinjiang. That is because Westerners care about the Tibetans because Brad Pitt and Richard Gere made movies about them. But Westerners don't give a crap about the Uighurs.

  4. Play Store? What's the point by thegarbz · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Unfortunately the ship has sailed for Google. The App store model relies on a monopoly on the phones. China is a country where everyone has an Android phone and none of them come with the Play Store. Instead there are many alternate stores catering specifically to the Chinese market with Chinese apps. Why would you want an app store to enter the market which no one can understand?