Google, China, And A Shameless Charade

WIRED July 9, 2010 | Google got its Chinese visa extended Friday, but that doesn’t mean the company is having a good trip or that China’s censorship has gone away.

Google’s application to run Google.cn for another year looked like it was going to be denied by the Chinese government, who decided that simply redirecting all Google.cn users to an unfiltered search site in Hong Kong wasn’t acceptable. Perhaps they found it a bit too clever and easy for Google. Now Google has replaced the search box on Google.cn with a picture of a search box, which when clicked on takes the user to Google.hk.com — adding another click between a Chinese citizen and unfiltered search results.
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