Google Quits China Bitch: Will No Longer Filter its Results for Commies

After a protracted battle with Chinese authorities over censorship, Google has pulled the plug on their Chinese search engine. Queries to that address are now redirected to Google Hong Kong.

Here's what Google had to say about the closure:



So 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. Users in Hong Kong will continue to receive their existing uncensored, traditional Chinese service, also from Google.com.hk. Due to the increased load on our Hong Kong servers and the complicated nature of these changes, users may see some slowdown in service or find some products temporarily inaccessible as we switch everything over.


And thus Google learns just how tough it can be to do business with the Chinese. Pity they didn't learn that a lot sooner as the Chinese have managed to turn Usenet into a cesspool of spam courtesy of Google's Usenet frontend.