Posts Tagged ‘China’

Google Defies China, Hacker Heads to the Clink (PC World)

PC World – The battle between China and Google dominated the headlines this week after Google decided to stop censoring its search results. View full post on Yahoo! News: Internet News

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China issues rules on reporting Google moves

A Chinese government ministry ordered Chinese media companies to toe the government line this week in their reporting on Google’s decision to move its search operations to Hong Kong. by Tom Krazit CNET News View full post on News items | ZDNet

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Traffic from major sites redirected to China

Workers at Internet network operation centers around the world are trying to figure out why traffic to sites such as YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook was redirected to servers in China this week. by Elinor Mills CNET News View full post on News items | ZDNet

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Summary Box: AP test offers peek at China filters (AP)

AP – THE TEST: Associated Press reporters in Beijing and Hong Kong compared searches and other features using the Hong Kong-based Google site that mainland China and the semiautonomous territory now share. View full post on Yahoo! News: Internet News

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AP test of Google offers peek at China Net filters (AP)

AP – Type “Falun Gong” in Chinese into Google’s search engine from Beijing, and the Web browser suddenly becomes unresponsive for about a minute. Make the same search from Hong Kong, and you’ll get plenty of links to the spiritual movement banned by the Chinese government. View full post on Yahoo! News: Internet News

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GoDaddy plans to stop China domain registrations (Reuters)

Reuters – Internet domain company GoDaddy.com said it planned to stop registering domain names in China, joining Google Inc in protesting cyber attacks and censorship in that country. View full post on Yahoo! News: Internet News

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Summary Box: Google deals in doubt amid China spat (AP)

AP – POSSIBLE PRESSURES: China appears to be quietly getting businesses to abandon the U.S. Internet giant after it moved its controversial Chinese search engine offshore. View full post on Yahoo! News: Internet News

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Another US Internet company pulls back in China (AP)

AP – Two U.S. companies that sell Internet addresses to Web sites said Wednesday they had stopped registering new domain names in China because the Chinese government has begun demanding pictures and other identification documents from their customers. View full post on Yahoo! News: Internet News

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Go Daddy to China: No More Domains for You (PC World)

PC World – Go Daddy is joining Google in its fight against China’s Internet control. View full post on Yahoo! News: Internet News

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China blocking some Google search results

Google has confirmed that the Chinese authorities have begun blocking certain terms from a local search engine, after the company said it would no longer censor results for those terms itself. by Tom Espiner ZDNet UK View full post on News items | ZDNet

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After Google, another US Web firm cuts back in China (AFP)

Interactive graphic on internet search engines as Google announces it will no longer filter results on its Chinese service but redirect users to an uncensored site in Hong Kong, effectively closing down its mainland site.(AFP iactiv)AFP – Two days after Google halted censorship in China, another leading US Internet company, Go Daddy, said it was cutting back on its activities there because of Chinese regulations.


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China eyes 500 million web users (AFP)

Customers are seen playing online games at a internet cafe in Beijing. A top Chinese official has said the nation's online population, already the largest in the world, is expected to exceed 500 million in the next two to three years.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP – A top Chinese official has said the nation’s online population, already the largest in the world, is expected to exceed 500 million in the next two to three years.


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