Very distrubing, if true. The availability of google.com in China has been a major selling point for bloggers who say the Google arrangement with the CCP will have little to no effect on users in China. That’s been a key argument Google itself has been using (see the link above) to justify its policy.
Another blogger in China writes (via CDT):
But the google.cn thing really sucks. I have noticed increasing instances in which my searches turn up dead using google.com, news.google.com, and images.google.com. It would be a total nightmare if one cannot access google.com in China, especially for journalists. True, we have Factiva and LexisNexis as a last resort, but those things cost…
I only wish Google’s latest ass-kissing is only about google.cn itself — I never use it anyway, but set my IE Google Toolbar to search via Google.com. But if they reroute all China traffic to Google.cn, then I am screwed.
Any comment, Google?
Update: Rebecca looks at this issue and observes that Google is facing increasing pressure over its China Policy. Noting all the looming questions about what exactly is going on with Gogle in China, Rebecca concludes “the plot thickens.”
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By Kevin
I guess being an utter pessimist really pays off sometimes. I’m not suprised at all… in fact, I saw this coming from a mile away. Just a matter of time… Otherwise, what would the use of google.cn be?
February 21, 2006 @ 7:32 pm | Comment
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By Corleone
Dear Senators, more pressure please!
February 22, 2006 @ 3:05 pm | Comment