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[billy]

Google moves China search service to Hong Kong

Google said traffic to its mainland Chinese search site google.cn is being redirected to google.com.hk, following unsuccessful talks with Beijing about operating an uncensored search engine in the country.

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Google said that it intends to continue research and development work in China and maintain a sales presence there, though the size of the salesforce will be partly dependent on the ability of mainland Chinese users to access google.com.hk.

A former British colony, Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China and enjoys more freedom, including an uncensored Internet, than mainland China.

Google had flagged its intention to withdraw from China, the world's largest Internet market by users, in January when it said it had detected a sophisticated cyber attack on its computers that it traced to China.

How will this unfold? They may just prohibit traffic to google.com.hk

yep. i think if google try and keep the engine running there china will outlaw it in all it's terrortoriries. i think the internet in general should sever all conections with china. see how fast they change their minds once they see that without an outiside connection to the web their economy will ultimately decline beyond an acceptible limit.