2 Years After Censorship Battle, Google Is Going Back To China. The Wall Street Journal reports today that Google is going back to China.
Two years ago, facing censorship from the Chinese government, Google pulled out of mainland China, redirecting users to uncensored results from Hong Kong. Google took a stand against China's authoritarian regime, but it did so reluctantly. China is too tempting a market for Google to write off. Nevertheless, the WSJ reports that Google is hiring more engineers, salespeople and product managers and building new consumer Web services. China paper warns Google may pay price for hacking claims. Cyberspies Target China Experts in U.S.