Two months after threatening to quit China in a security row, Google has closed down its Chinese search engine and sent users to its Hong Kong equivalent. As a Chinese student at US, I don't really know what happened between Google China and Chinese government. I think maybe Google will not be available to Chinese people anymore. Chinese government will block Google as many other websites, such as Youtube, Facebook, Bloger and so on. Later, I called my friends in China. They told me they can also use Google Chinese search engine. But there are several difference.
1.Without the internet censorship, the search results are totally different now. Before, attempting to search for censored keywords in these Chinese search engines will yield few or no results. Now, they all show up. Although people can find the websites by search engine now, they can't open them as before.
2. The URL referring to Google Chinese search engine changes from Google.cn to Google.com.hk
3. Because of the large number of people using Internet at mainland China, Google Hong Kong's equivalent can't deal with that much data immediately. It leads to a lower speed when mainland Chinese use Google now.
It's hard to say if Google make a smart decision or not. On one side, Google lost many cooperative partners. On the other side, Google has already viewed as a hero who stands out and say NO to the government internet censorship.
I hope Chinese people can get a better internet service in the future.
being honest I got a little lost in your reading maybe because I;m not into technology like that. Even though I'm a little confuse this topic seem like something we can discuss in class one day.
ReplyDeleteIt never happened at US. If you were not living in that situation, it's a little bit hard to imagine.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Google should stand its ground on this issue. It is quite possible that China does not have good intentions regarding this issue. The Chinese government cannot be trusted at this point.
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