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U.S., Google and China square off over Internet (Reuters)

January 13th, 2010 · No Comments

A worker at Google in Shanghai walks near their reception desk in their Shanghai office January 13, 2010. Google Inc may pull out of China because of censorship and cyber attacks on rights activists, further straining Sino-U.S. relations as Washington prepared to tackle global Internet censorship. Google, the world's top search engine, said on Tuesday it may close down its Chinese-language google.cn website and shut its offices after it uncovered sophisticated China-based attacks on human rights activists using its Gmail service around the world. REUTERS/Nir EliasReuters – Google’s threat to quit China over censorship and hacking intensified Sino-U.S. frictions on Wednesday as Washington said it had serious concerns and demanded an explanation from Beijing.

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