Is Google really considering closing operations in China?
Is Google really considering closing operations in China?
12:25, January 14, 2010 
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According to foreign media reports on the morning of January 13, Google announced on its official blog that it is considering closing its operations in China including the website Google.cn. Google's senior vice president and chief legal officer David Drummond published an article "A new approach to China" on Google's official blog, outlining Google's view and consideration of its operations in China. (January 13 Netease report)
Baidu (www.baidu.com), China's biggest search engine, was hacked on January 12, and today we heard Google's going to shut down operations in China and the website Google.cn. It seems that web search market is not very peaceful at the moment. Baidu was hacked for a few hours and immediately restored, but is Google really to close?
Google seems to want to close the website from a security point of view, David Drummond, SVP, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer at Google wrote, "In mid-December, we detected a highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China that resulted in the theft of intellectual property from Google." Today there are thousands of hackers on the network, not only in China; other countries will face the same situation. The network is global, the assumption that it is safe to operate outside China is simply untenable.
As the world's most famous search engine company, supposedly its defense capabilities should also be very strong. If the defense system is really flawed, it is necessary to strengthen preventive measures, while passive withdrawal only shows incompetence, but also contributes to the arrogance of hackers, which is very inconsistent with Google's prominent identity.
In 2005, Google officially entered China; the number of Internet users in China tops the world. Google has enjoyed itself in such a huge market as in a short period of time, its market revenue share in China reached 33.2 percent, and it's on the rise. We can say China is one of its largest markets, so is Google really willing to hand this over?
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Baidu (www.baidu.com), China's biggest search engine, was hacked on January 12, and today we heard Google's going to shut down operations in China and the website Google.cn. It seems that web search market is not very peaceful at the moment. Baidu was hacked for a few hours and immediately restored, but is Google really to close?
Google seems to want to close the website from a security point of view, David Drummond, SVP, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer at Google wrote, "In mid-December, we detected a highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China that resulted in the theft of intellectual property from Google." Today there are thousands of hackers on the network, not only in China; other countries will face the same situation. The network is global, the assumption that it is safe to operate outside China is simply untenable.
As the world's most famous search engine company, supposedly its defense capabilities should also be very strong. If the defense system is really flawed, it is necessary to strengthen preventive measures, while passive withdrawal only shows incompetence, but also contributes to the arrogance of hackers, which is very inconsistent with Google's prominent identity.
In 2005, Google officially entered China; the number of Internet users in China tops the world. Google has enjoyed itself in such a huge market as in a short period of time, its market revenue share in China reached 33.2 percent, and it's on the rise. We can say China is one of its largest markets, so is Google really willing to hand this over?
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