Various stories/rumors on why Google leaves China.
- "Official" message from Google Blog:
- It is mainly about censorship and internet attacks;
- theft of intellectual property from Google
- gmail accounts of "human rights activists".
- Microsoft claims attacks happen everyday and no plan to quit.
- Interesting fact: a vulnerability in Internet Explorer was used in the attack
- Who's email account was attacked?
- Seems to be a Stanford student and Tibetan activist, "the Indian-born daughter of Tibetan refugees".
- Some old news (1, 2) on Google's conforming local laws
- Seems sometimes it is difficult to draw the line between evil or not
- CCP spies stole Gmail source code? The original website has been shutdown, but there may be forwarded posts such as here or here.
- a guy took Gmail's core source code and disappeared?
- Singapore newspaper: it's not about politics or conscience.
- Most western internet companies failed in China, and Google's no exception. So what should it tell its investors?
- Censorship existed before Google entered Chinese market.
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