Report: Google 99.9% Certain It WIll Close Down In China

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According to the Financial Times, Google talks with China have reached an impasse and Google is now “99.9 percent” certain to shut its Chinese search engine, Google.cn.

Google.cn is currently ranked as the 14th most visited site on the net by Alexa.org

The Financial Times went on to say Google has drawn up detailed plans for closing its Chinese search engine “to bring about an orderly closure as the company takes steps to protect local employees from retaliation by authorities”.

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  3. BullS says

    “to protect local employees from retaliation by authorities”.

    Huh!!! chances are most of the employees are spies anyway.

    I can guarantee you this that the security breach must have come from the inside job—dudh!!!

  5. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ says

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    if Google REALLY wants to do something against China… it can CLOSE the Google.cn then (using its programmable SE algorithm) BLOCK forever ALL China’s sites on ALL Google’s sites around the world… BUT, Google don’t want this, it want only to make MORE BUSINESS inChina or (maybe) buy Baidu… 😐

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