earlier today we stopped censoring our search services—Google Search, Google News, and Google Images—on Google.cn. Users visiting Google.cn are now being redirected to Google.com.hk, where we are offering uncensored search in simplified Chinese, specifically designed for users in mainland China and delivered via our servers in Hong Kong.
You can view the list of services the Chinese are currently blocking or not blocking at
This was certainly the right thing to do based on first principles, and I'm surprised and pleased to see that Google's main Web search service remains unblocked. Hopefully this will in long-term practice translate into more communication freedom for the Chinese people.
Ohhhhh China's not going to be happy. Remember that famous picture of the student standing infront of the tank? That used to be banned. Correct me if I am wrong, but is that no longer censored? What will the citizens of China think when they learn of some of the stuff that their government has done?
\"PUT THE BALL INNNNNN!!!!!!\"--What I was screaming on 3/7/09 PD Reunion Monsterball game
Descent 3 Anarchy: \"Just you, your ship, and a whole bunch of weapons to turn your enemies into slag.\"--TopGun
Jeff250 wrote:and I'm surprised and pleased to see that Google's main Web search service remains unblocked.
Google simply moved to Hongkong which always had unlimited access. The only thing that changed is that censored sites show up in the search results but still can't be navigated to.
Jeff250 wrote:Hopefully this will in long-term practice translate into more communication freedom for the Chinese people.
