China renews Google web license

From the FINANCIAL TIMES:

The Chinese government has renewed Google’s licence to operate in the world’s largest internet market, appearing to accept a compromise offered by the US search engine over internet censorship…

Google initially redirected all its traffic from China to a Hong Kong Base site, which was outside the reach of censors. However, Beijing made it clear that such a move was unacceptable.

Two weeks ago, Google offered a further compromise  by stopping the automatic redirect and creating a static “landing page” for Chinese users, where they are offered the option of clicking on a link to the uncensored Hong Kong site…

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