GOOGLE IS BENDING TO CHINA’S RULE

Posted by Joachim Bartels | Dec 31, 2010 | China, Google, Search & Aggregation, United States | 0 |

The company is now launching a final attempt to find a compromise. Instead of automatically redirecting users in China to its Hong Kong site, it has created a “landing page” on Google.cn that offers visitors an optional link to the Hong Kong site. Google said it had resubmitted its ICP licence renewal application based on this approach. Source: Google and FT

BIIA Newsletter June II – 2010 Issue

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