Google drops to third place in China. Time to go home?

[Chinese-Dragon]

JayAtl, I would appreciate it if you would stop trolling and posting unsubstantiated gossip in my thread. Your anti-China post does not have the name of the source or even a shred of evidence.

Just ignore him buddy. His only purpose here, is to flood the China defence section with anti-China news stories.

 

[JayAtl]

Security experts: China hacked Google to steal U.S. industrial secrets

At least 34 companies, including Adobe, Symantec, Yahoo and Dow Chemical, were attacked, according to industry sources.

Read more: Security experts: China hacked Google to steal U.S. industrial secrets

China has long been the world's leading source of illegally copied music, movies, designer clothes and other goods. U.S. officials say its exports cost legitimate producers worldwide up to $50 billion a year in lost potential sales
Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13617619/ns/business-world_business/

 

[Martian2]

Security experts: China hacked Google to steal U.S. industrial secrets

At least 34 companies, including Adobe, Symantec, Yahoo and Dow Chemical, were attacked, according to industry sources.

Read more: Security experts: China hacked Google to steal U.S. industrial secrets

From one of my earlier posts:

Google made the serious charge that China's government was behind the cyber attacks. Google has never provided proof to support its accusation. Also, "security experts say Google cyber-attack was routine."

Political censorship is conducted by many countries in the world, including the United States, Brazil, Germany, U.K., Australia, and India. Political censorship in China is normal behavior among countries.

China denies cyber attack on Google - Telegraph
"Jan 25, 2010 ... China has denied it had any involvement in a cyber-attack on Google's computers that led to the US internet giant threatening to pull the ..."

BBC News - Security experts say Google cyber-attack was routine
"Security experts say Google cyber-attack was routine
By Maggie Shiels
Technology reporter, BBC News, Silicon Valley
Page last updated at 08:59 GMT, Thursday, 14 January 2010

The cyber-attack that made Google consider pulling out of China was run of the mill, say security experts."

U.S., Brazil Lead World in Data, Content Removal Requests from Google - Search Engines from eWeek
"U.S., Brazil Lead World in Data, Content Removal Requests from Google
By: Clint Boulton
2010-04-21

Governments for the United States and Brazil combined to issue more than 7,000 data requests and 400 requests for content removal from Google from July 2009 to December 2009, according to Google's new Government Requests tool. The tool, geared to provide transparency around the requests for data and content removal from governments in countries all over the world, presents data overlaid on Google Maps technology. This isn't the first data transparency tool Google has launched as the company seeks to quell privacy and transparency fears from mounting government and advocate opposition.
...
Brazil led the way with 3,663 data requests and 291 requests for content removal. The United States issued 3,580 data requests and 123 for content removal.

The U.K. and India each sported more than 1,000 requests for data during the July to December timeframe, while Germany and India made 188 and 142 demands for content removal, respectively."

Australia makes Google's top 10 censorship list - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
"Australia makes Google's top 10 censorship list
By Thea Dikeos
Updated Wed Apr 21, 2010 8:42pm AEST

Google says the release of the information is the first step towards increased transparency.

Australia comes in at number 10 on a list of countries that have asked the search engine Google to hand over user data or to censor information.

Google has for the first time released information about the number of such requests that it gets from countries around the world.

Top of the list is Brazil, followed by Germany, the United States and India."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...0041902799.html
"Google Is Blocked In 25 Of The 100 Countries They Offer Products In
MG Siegler
TechCrunch.com
Monday, April 19, 2010; 9:31 AM

This morning, on their main blog, Google posted a little reminder to everyone about its view on censorship on the web. Specifically, they don't like it. And while we all know their take on China's demand for censorship by now, the search giant also offered up a new interesting little factoid: of the 100 countries around the world in which Google offers their services, some 25 at least partially block them."

 

[lcloo]

Google has no back bone, if they don't like to do business by China's law, just quit and get out. When you are in somebody's house, at least respect the house owner, especially you are there trying to squeeze some money from him.

$$$ & RMB over-ride the arrogant words by Google.

 

[H2O3C4Nitrogen]

But Google is a leading Company if you look at the whole world. Plus its investing in whole different amount of technologies like from online OS(which is going to be the future) to automated cars ..hey already have a well established business in Android cellphone app business.
Leaving the political showdown aside you have to agree that Google has a potential to grow and dominate.
Does any of its competitors in china have some innovative programes like the Google currently investing in , going on ..?