It seems the major search engine company is preparing to withdraw from the "Middle Kingdom" by suddenly allowing people to find "Tiananmen Square" and "Free Tibet."
There is little reason not to believe the report by
France 24 who reports Google seems to be pulling out of China. It even seems like they're doing so with their middle finger straight up in the air.
Here's the gist of the story in condensed form:
Google has partially lifted its strict self-censorship in China, with several previously banned keywords – including 'Tiananmen' – now accessible. The surprise move comes as the Internet search giant threatens to leave China
Similar reports are emerging from
MSNBC, who says:
Web sites dealing with subjects such as the Tiananmen Square democracy protests, Tibet and regional independence movements could all be accessed through Google's Chinese search engine Tuesday, after the company said it would no longer abide by Beijing's censorship rules.
All of this is happening before the eyes of Chinese Internet users, while Google still denies any changes have been made.
China Daily claims Google is still filtering Internet content as required by Chinese law.
The apparent move by Google – confirmed or not – comes only hours after the Beijing government warned the U.S. company to take care what it does. It was only on Tuesday that a representative of the Chinese trade ministry made the remark that investing in China did entail any company to respect Chinese law.
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