China angered over Google pullout
China condemned Google's announcement that they were planning a partial withdrawal from China Tuesday. Google is planning to move all of their China-based search functions from the mainland to Hong Kong .
The moves underscored the uncertainties Google faces after announcing Monday that its China search engine, google.cn, would automatically redirect queries to its service in China's semiautonomous territory of Hong Kong, where Google is not legally required to censor searches.
Google's strategy leaves the google.com.hk search engine vulnerable to a total blockade. Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, which is owned by Google, are completely shut out of the mainland. The Mountain View, California, company also could see its existing operations foiled by a government unhappy about being challenged by a marquee foreign investor.
A few Chinese passers-by laid flowers or chocolates on the large metal "Google" sign outside the company's office building in northern Beijing.
Meanwhile, TOM Online, a provider of online and mobile services in China that is controlled by Hong Kong's richest man, said it was dropping its affiliation with Google for fear of running afoul of mainland censorship rules. The company said it would stop using Google's search services at the expiry of their current agreement, though did not provide a time frame.
America's historic Chinatowns, home for a century to immigrants seeking social support and refuge from racism, are fading as rising living costs, jobs elsewhere and a desire for wider spaces lure Asian-Americans more than ever to the suburbs.
Read More
China is planning on ramping up their space endeavors pver the next five years.
Read More
China is in danger of missing out on another World Cup after dropping a 1-0 decision at home to ten man Iraq.
Read More
China is clearly troubled by the proposed US law that will punish countries with artificially low currencies.
Read More
China offered huge stockpiles of weapons to Moamer Kadhafi during the final months of his regime and held secret talks on shipping them through Algeria and South Africa.
Read More