Google vs. China
Internet Censorship in the Global Economy
In January 2006, the Internet search company Google launched a Chinese-language affiliate based in the People’s Republic of China, Google.cn. Although Google and the Chinese Government had differed in the past regarding content on Google’s English-language search sites — including a 10-day period in 2002 when China prevented its citizens from accessing Google — under the terms of the operating agreement, the company pledged to abide by Chinese censorship rules. The Chinese Government prohibits the display of pornographic and gambling Web sites, as well as content that harms national security, undermines national unity, incites resistance to Chinese laws or regulations,…
