Google China is a subsidiary of Google. A popular search engine, most services offered by Google China were blocked by the Great Firewall in the People's Republic of China. In 2010, searching via all Google search sites, including Google Mobile, was moved from mainland China to Hong Kong.
2. The Background of Google
The core principle of Google in their activities
Google in China as Google.com
Google.cn and Baidu
Censorship and hacking problem
Google’s final decision
3. A multinational company based on America
Founded in 1998 by Larry Page Sergey Brin
Organize world information and made it accessible and useful
Displayed search result in order of calculated relevance
In 2000, made a partnership with yahoo and became leading search engine
In same year, offered search option Chinese, Japanese and Korean
By 2009, offered search option more than 110 languages
In 2004, Google's IPO raised $ 1.6 billion and by 2008 earned $ 21 billion.
4. Focused on possible best user experience
Democracy will exist on web works
Information can be had anywhere
Making money without evil doing
To access to information entire world and every language
Friendly working environment
Focused on ‘more better’
5. In 2000, Google came to China with Chinese language adopted google.com
content was subject to filtering by Chinese internet service provider
Slow and 10 % of the time unavailable to Chinese users
Had no locally based operation and employees
In 2005, set up a research and development center
Committed to attract and develop Chinese talent
6. In 2006, it launched Chinese based web site google.cn
By 2009, workforce in China grown to 700 and earned $300 M
Chinese own search engine Baidu launched in 2000, become the rival of google
Google reportedly invested in but failed to acquire Baidu
Baidu had a close ties with Chinese govt. and censored sensitive info
Baidu gave free download link of pirate Chinese entertainment
7. In 2010, company’s unwilling to tolerate censorship threaten to continue business
Chinese govt. was determined to control information flow and google had to
compromise.
Decided that engagement was better than separation
Wasn’t unique for google, also happened with Yahoo business
Faced cyber attack originated from china
8. Determined that if the objectives were not achieved, it would not be in there
Limitation of free speech on web led them think to review feasibility of business
Decided to talk with Chinese govt. but wasn’t fruitful
Finally they conclude their business in china
In 2010, searching via all Google search sites was moved from mainland China to
Honk Kong
In 2018, The Intercept reported that Google plans to launch a censored version of its
search engine in China.