Google set to exit China for good
Haphazardly huffing and puffing their way into the homes of Chinese computer owners’ is definitely not the modus 
operandi of Google’s officials.
In light of the recent global news that is spreading regarding China’s stance on Internet privacy and its Internet censorship rules, it has been made clear that Google and China’s government officials will not reach a consensus on this matter, thereby leaving only one real option for Google, to simple pull the rug from under Google.cn – leaving an open market for all of Google’s chief rivals in china itself.
A clear indication of this switch in strategy, on Google’s behalf is made known via the report publicized on Monday (15 March 2010), indicating a rise in the shares of Baidu (Google’s chief rival in China) of up to 3%, and simultaneously a fall in Google’s’ market shares, with the same percentile figures.
It has been reported by leading newspaper circuits in the United States, namely: The Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal, that Google is definitely on the outs with the Chinese Government, as the Chinese authorities refuse to back down from its stance on its Internet Censorship rules, making absolutely no accommodation for Google, and Google’s stance on freedom of expression and speech.
The feud between Google and China began in January, when Google announced it would refrain from censoring its search results in China. This in turn led to a highly advanced attack on Google’s clients, where the hackers targeted the Gmail accounts of Human Rights organizations.
The fact that China have warned Google that if they do not comply with their censorship laws, the government would take action in the form of a government-mandated shutdown and obvious service interruption has left Google with only one option, to completely terminate its services to China, and to ultimately turn off Google.cn.
According to the Assistant Senate Majority leader, Dick Durbin, the person perhaps solely responsible for the advocating of ensuring the IT sector of all companies always maintain and follow human rights challenges, states the following:
“”With a few notable exceptions, the information technology industry seems unwilling to regulate itself and unwilling even to engage in a dialogue with Congress about the serious human rights challenges the industry faces. As a result, I plan to introduce legislation that would require Internet companies to take reasonable steps to protect human rights or face civil or criminal liability. I recognize that the IT industry faces difficult challenges when dealing with repressive governments, but Congress has a responsibility to ensure that American companies are not complicit in violating the fundamental human rights of Internet users around the globe.”
Accordingly, I would side with Durbin, and Google’s stance – that freedom of speech and thought comes first and foremost – and unfortunately China has now lost out!
My opinion, take it or leave it!
