Google gains a chained entry into China

Google has agreed to the censorships put on it by the Chinese government and has planned to roll out a restricted ‘.cn’ version for the country. This will allow the search engine to grow its business manifolds in one of the world’s largest potential internet markets.

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Google has agreed to the censorships put on it by the Chinese government and has planned to roll out a restricted ‘.cn’ version for the country. This will allow the search engine to grow its business manifolds in one of the world’s largest potential internet markets.

The Chinese users of the uncensored site www.google.com will now be redirected to the self censored new version www.google.cn.

Due to the barricades put up by the Chinese govt. to restrict information, Google's China users previously have been blocked from using the search engine or encountered lengthy delays in response time. This proved to be a major hurdle in Google's efforts to expand its market share in the country.

“While removing search results is inconsistent with Google’s mission, providing no information is more inconsistent with our mission,” Google said in a statement. “Google.cn will provide meaningful benefits to Chinese internet users.”

To obtain the Chinese license, Google agreed to omit Web content that the country's government finds objectionable. This might include information related to Taiwan's independence and 1989's Tiananmen Square massacre, etc.

Due to looming fears that it might be asked to hand over users’ personal data, Google will not bring its e-mailing service and the blogging facility to the country. The e-mail service, called Gmail, creates a huge database of users' messages and makes them instantly searchable. The blogging services also contain a wide range of personal background.

Yahoo came under fire last year after it provided the government with the e-mail account information of a Chinese journalist who was later convicted for violating state secrecy laws.