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Google and China: All But the Final Goodbyes?
[#] E. Guizzol, "Google and China: All But the Final Goodbyes?" IEEE Spectrum, spectrum.ieee.org, March 16, 2010. [Online]. Available: http://spectrum.ieee.org/riskfactor/telecom/internet/google-and-china-all-but-the-final-goodbyes. [Accessed: March 16, 2010].
Relations between Google and China are, at the present moment, in a bit of a contentious. The nation, which is ruled by the Communist Party of China, warned Google that if it stopped censoring internet searches conducted by the citizens of China that Google should "expect retaliation" from the Chinese government. China's Minister of Industry and Information Technology, Li Yizhong, was quoted as saying "If Google takes steps that violate Chinese laws, that would be unfriendly, that would be irresponsible, and they would have to bear the consequences."
Yizhong's comments should come as no surprise with all of China's attitudes about information censorship.
A concern is that if Google does stop censoring search in China, its employees in China could be arrested by the Chinese government as criminals.
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