Yesterday Google launched its Chinese-government-approved search engine, Google.cn. Users of the Chinese Google service will have great difficulty finding information on such controversial topics as—well, controversial in China—human rights, Falun Gong, and the Dalai Lama.
Google justifies this kowtowing to Beijing as a positive, claiming that Chinese users of Google will be better off, since the Communist government’s own efforts to block Google searches resulted in very slow response times …
Yesterday Google launched its Chinese-government-approved search engine, Google.cn. Users of the Chinese Google service will have great difficulty finding information on such controversial topics as—well, controversial in China—human rights, Falun Gong, and the Dalai Lama.
Google justifies this kowtowing to Beijing as a positive, claiming that Chinese users of Google will be better off, since the Communist government’s own efforts to block Google searches resulted in very slow response times …