Google Employees Fear China Project Continues
News last year of Google’s “Project Dragonfly,” a censorship- and...
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Activists Ask Google: What’s Changed Since 2010?
A backlash has mounted in recent weeks following leaked news that Google has been preparing search...
Anger Grows over Google’s China Plans
Following a leak that revealed plans by Google to reenter China with a censored search engine,...
Crime of the Week: Illegal Dedication of Flowers
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by...
Gmail Users Warned of State-Sponsored Attacks
Google has begun to issue warnings to people whose accounts or computers it believes may have been targeted by unnamed state-sponsored actors. The announcement on the company’s security blog did not specify any particular...
Google Exposes Keyword Filtering
In a blogpost, Google announced that it will improve its search service in mainland China by notifying its users about sensitive search characters and phrases: Over the past couple years, we’ve had a lot of feedback...
Ai Weiwei: “If Twitter Censors, I’ll Leave” (Updated)
Fearsomely prolific Twitter user Ai Weiwei has written that “if Twitter censors, I’ll stop tweeting”, following news that the microblogging service is to selectively block posts to comply with local laws....
Google’s Ex-China Head Kai-fu Lee Raises $180 Million for Technology Fund
In 2009, when Kai-fu Lee, the head of Google’s operations in China, announced his resignation, he also announced the formation of a new venture to fund Internet start-ups in the country. His company, Innovation Works, has...
China Paper Warns Google May Pay Price for Hacking Claims
Through the People’s Daily, the Chinese government has put forward a harsh warning to Google over claims that Gmail users were victims of a phishing scheme originating in China. From Reuters: The tough warning appeared in...
Chinese Internet Search Leader Baidu’s First-Qtr Earnings Soared by 123%
Chinese search-engine Baidu has seen its earnings double in the first quarter of 2011. From Forbes: China’s Internet wave continues to roll on. Benefitting from growth in China’s Internet use and search-related advertising,...
New Book on Google Shows Gaffes in China
In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives,a new book about the inner workings of Google, sheds some light on the company’s move into China and the missteps that contributed to a China policy that did not...
Google Losing Ground in China
Following reports yesterday that Google’s services in China were facing challenges, news comes today that the company and its subsidiaries in China are being investigated for tax evasion. From MarketWatch: Chinese tax...
Google’s Future in China Uncertain
Two stories today bring into question Google’s future in China, which has been under scrutiny since the company moved its search engine off servers inside China. PC Magazine reports that Sina, China’s largest web...
Baidu Tests Web Browser as China Search Leader Expands Range
China’s leading search engine is said to have developed a personal web browser currently being tested internally. This development may put Baidu in competition with Microsoft and Google in the future.From Bloomberg News:...
China Tightens Censorship of Electronic Communications
The New York Times reports on the tightening of online communication in China, as seen through disruption of VPN services and Gmail, among other things: A host of evidence over the past several weeks shows that Chinese...
‘The Good Wife’ Recap: Great Walls of Fire
The U.S. TV drama The Good Wife took on the Great Firewall in an episode last night. The full episode is embedded below. The Los Angeles Times gives a recap: In Tuesday’s episode, Will asks for Alicia’s assistance...
Analysis: A Year after China Retreat, Google Plots New Growth
Reuters reports on new plans by Google to remain a player in the China market a year after battling China’s censors and moving its Chinese search engine to Hong Kong: The road to recovery will certainly be a bumpy one, but...
Evan Osnos: The Top Ten China Myths of 2010
Evan Osnos debunks the top ten myths about China this year. His top three: 1. Dissidents no longer matter in global diplomacy. Fact: After China joined the World Trade Organization and hosted the Beijing Olympics, the image of...
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