http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/ Engadget Comments for Google.cn now rerouting to Hong Kong domain, an 'entirely legal' workaround to censorship woes http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/Mar 22nd 2010 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.google.com/prc/report.html]]>Mar 22nd 2010 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/Mar 22nd 2010 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/Mar 22nd 2010 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/Don't get me wrong I'm in favor of what Google is doing and I hope this leads to the end of censorship in China. But from a business persepctive, Google is threatening to pull out because it's not making much headway in gaining marketshare, while Baidu consistently have 60% marketshare. This recent strategy to threaten to drop censorship not only differentiate Google's search engine product from others in China, but also generates alot of news over there and over here (in the US). As much I would like to believe that a company is putting ethics above profit, the reality is giving uncensored search access to China is the last of Google's concerns (esp. since they still offer censored search to numerous other countries). But since Google's goals and my hopes coincide, go Google!]]>Mar 22nd 2010 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/
Google just needs to find a way to unblock youttube for a day. China will revolt...]]>Mar 22nd 2010 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/"Don't get me wrong I'm in favor of what Google is doing and I hope this leads to the end of censorship in China."

The only way censorship in China will end is if the Government is overthrown. Google needs China more than China needs Google. ]]>Mar 22nd 2010 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/Yeah, sure, after they've watched all the videos of "Kid/drunkard at college party doing something stupid/out of rage/crazy". I think the government is as worried about heretical clips as they are about kids getting worse than they already are. If I could, I'd assign some of the stupid videos an age limit.]]>Mar 22nd 2010 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/or china could just get dumber for watching YouTube ]]>Mar 22nd 2010 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/Mar 22nd 2010 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/If you ever need proof that a company isnt just about the profits just look at googles move.
I salute them, i mean, with any luck it will allow *SOME* slack on censorship, other than that i can just see all off google executives being sent to drapchi prison faster than a tibetan monk XD]]>Mar 22nd 2010 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://adtwik.com/home/2010/3/22/video-google-closes-china-operations.html]]>Mar 22nd 2010 7:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/Mar 22nd 2010 8:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/Mar 22nd 2010 8:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/Mar 22nd 2010 10:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/
The only real difference is that it'll stop people from being lazy and just using the censored engine. ]]>Mar 23rd 2010 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/new approach to make their searches 'uncensored' on google china. On the other hand, G would get the approval of the netizens in the name of freedom of speech. First reactions: http://bit.ly/google-vs-china-verdict]]>Mar 23rd 2010 6:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/Mar 22nd 2010 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/
That way, the Chinese populous is constantly reminded of how much they're being stonewalled by the firewall when they're presented with a constant page telling them what they cannot have.]]>Mar 22nd 2010 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/We've just sent your parents a bill for 1 bullet, a bilndfold and the engagement of GuixauDong cleaning services to properly dispose of your body.

Have a nice day,
Your friendly Chinese e-government]]>Mar 22nd 2010 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/Mar 22nd 2010 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/...And how is that. Mainland China for now has uncensored results. It might be blocked though, soon.]]>Mar 22nd 2010 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/
I thought it was spelled "W-O-K"?]]>Mar 22nd 2010 5:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/And yes anybody who can read simplified Chinese can read traditional Chinese (what was originally on the HK site) well enough to use Google search without problems. If they were too lazy to think for half a second about the words then they could have just told their computer to swap the fonts to the simplified version (lots of free browser plugins and software do this).
So really if China ends up blocking Google.com.hk then what has happened is that uncensored results will have actually gotten HARDER to get access to, not easier. ]]>Mar 23rd 2010 1:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/
China blocks google.com.hk in 3 2 1]]>Mar 22nd 2010 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/Mar 22nd 2010 9:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/Mar 22nd 2010 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/Mar 22nd 2010 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/Mar 22nd 2010 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/Mar 22nd 2010 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/
Google = ALL AMERICAN

http://www.graphicdesignblog.org/images/google-20logos/july4-us-independence.gif]]>Mar 22nd 2010 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/Mar 22nd 2010 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/You should watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/user/mrhogg#p/u/9/2Urc2DduAVM]]>Mar 22nd 2010 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/Mar 22nd 2010 7:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/
This basically indemnifies the locals from outward prosecution, however, I wouldn't like to be those people now. ]]>Mar 22nd 2010 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/Mar 22nd 2010 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/Mar 22nd 2010 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/Mar 22nd 2010 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/Mar 22nd 2010 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/
The Chinese gov seems to have no problem with capitalism on their terms. Money flowing into the government (and personal) coffers makes a lot of hard line communists put down their little red books. Look at the Soviet Union. The Soviets knew how to make deals and be capitalists, but outwardly, they had to stick to the party line.

Most of the Elite Chinese party don't have filters on their lines, and they bypass the great Firewall. In their thinking, the unwashed masses need to have information filtered for them. I suggest people look for old Polish or Soviet newspapers where entire paragraphs were censored and the stories were a bunch of nonsequitors. The readers knew and the censorship was silly, but it was the law.

Information will be freed, its just a matter of time. I think what Google is doing is exposing (maybe inadvertently) the chinks in the armor of the Chinese government.

And if anyone thinks that they are doing this for 'the common good' is high. The Chinese market is huge, and Google wants unfettered and unfiltered access. This is step 1. ]]>Mar 22nd 2010 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/Personality integrity fail. You suck.]]>Mar 22nd 2010 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/
i see what you did there. :|]]>Mar 22nd 2010 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/mmm takeaway.]]>Mar 22nd 2010 5:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/Mar 22nd 2010 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/Mar 22nd 2010 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/The United States agreed to reduced import tariffs from China to zero and in exchange China would allow American businesses to operate there. It would be nice if we could have some government negotiation with China allowing for a more open business environment.
Now I'm not trying to claim that American companies operate in good faith, it's still all about the profits. So I'm not trying to make the claim that some American companies aren't dicks (Microshaft anyone?) but Google certainly isn't one of those companies.]]>Mar 22nd 2010 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/Google is focused on increasing profits. Don't forget that they are an advertising company. Many praise them as the Internet savior but I assure you the decisions we are seeing them make are purely in the company's financial interests. ]]>Mar 22nd 2010 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/Mar 22nd 2010 4:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/
Win.]]>Mar 22nd 2010 4:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/google-cn-now-rerouting-to-hong-kong-domain-an-entirely-legal/
The Chinese government's next step will be to create a billion fake web pages, all referencing each other, thus manipulating Google's search results. The end result will be that any "controversial" or "illegal" Google search will return results with the top 500 hits pointing to the official web pages.
]]>Mar 22nd 2010 4:26PM