MacDailyNews Take: Ooh, that just oozes credibility. Did the Wawa sandwich man confirm?
Musil continues, “‘I have received information saying that Google will leave China on April 10, but this information has not at present been confirmed by Google,’ the China Business News quoted the agent as saying. The report also said Google would reveal its plans for its China-based staff that day.”
Google “announced in January that it no longer intended to censor search results in that country and would consider leaving entirely,” Musil reports. “Google has identified China as the source of attacks on prominent U.S. Web properties and e-mail accounts belonging to human rights activists, though it has not revealed the specific people behind them. For its part, the Chinese government has denied any involvement.”
Musil reports, “After months of negotiations over whether it can run Google.cn with or without restrictions, it seemed that Google was getting ready to make a decision in the near-term future. However, according to a Financial Times report last week, Google is now ‘99.9 percent'” certain that it will shut down Google.cn.”
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