China renews www.google.cn operating licence
Last Updated on Monday, 12 July 2010 12:20 Written by External Post Monday, 12 July 2010 12:20
China has renewed Google’s licence to operate as an internet content provider (ICP) more than a week after it had expired. Tensions had been high between Google and China since the internet search firm decided to stop censoring Chinese language searches
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ICANN Approves Internationalized Chinese Domain Names
Last Updated on Sunday, 4 July 2010 08:00 Written by External Post Sunday, 4 July 2010 08:00
philalethiac writes ‘Millions of Chinese language users will soon be able to access the Internet using Chinese script following a decision today by ICANN’s Board of Directors to approve a set of Chinese language internationalized domain names.’
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Google business in China hit by service disruptions
Last Updated on Thursday, 1 April 2010 10:22 Written by External Post Thursday, 1 April 2010 10:22
Google’s business in China is taking a beating after the company experienced service disruptions in the wake of announcing that it had stopped censoring Chinese-language searches. Google has also reported the partial blocking of its mobile internet
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Google finally blames China for search blocks
Last Updated on Wednesday, 31 March 2010 12:00 Written by External Post Wednesday, 31 March 2010 12:00
Google ultimately blamed China for interruptions to its Chinese-language search service after initially saying changes to its system code caused the outages. The internet firm said the code changes were made a week ago and therefore could not be
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Google searches blocked from mainland China
Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 March 2010 07:00 Written by External Post Tuesday, 30 March 2010 07:00
China appeared to up the ante Tuesday in its dispute over Google’s refusal to censor Chinese-language search results, blocking mainland Chinese Internet users from using Google search for any query. Several reportsnote that Chinese Internet users inside
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Week in review: Google’s road to Hong Kong
Last Updated on Friday, 26 March 2010 05:40 Written by External Post Friday, 26 March 2010 05:40
Google made good on its promise to stop censoring search results in China. The company this week and is redirecting users to Google.com.hk, where it offers uncensored Chinese-language search services. The company will maintain a research and development
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Google Says China Talks Continue, But Pullout Signs Grow
Last Updated on Monday, 15 March 2010 10:40 Written by External Post Monday, 15 March 2010 10:40
SHANGHAI/BEIJING – Google says it remains in talks with Beijing about censorship of its Chinese-language search portal but is adamantly opposed to the practice amid mounting signs the company could soon shut the site.
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Timeline: Google’s Rocky Road Into China
Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 January 2010 06:45 Written by External Post Wednesday, 13 January 2010 06:45
2000 – Google develops Chinese-language interface for its Google.com website. 2002 – Google.com becomes temporarily unavailable to Chinese users, with interference from domestic competition suspected. July 2005 – Google hires ex-Microsoft executive Lee
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