Action Talkback - Google back to China, who is to compromise?

A Chinese flag outside the Google Inc. China headquarters in Beijing, China, in 2010.

A Chinese flag outside the Google Inc. China headquarters in Beijing, China, in 2010. Source: Bloomberg

Google plans to launch a version of its search engine in China that will block some websites and search terms.


Search terms about human rights, democracy, religion and peaceful protests will be among the words blacklisted in the search engine app.

Google or the Chinese Government, information freedom or information control, who is to compromise for Google's return? 


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