Google may exit China on 10 April
17 March 2010
Google is expected to announce on Monday that it will withdraw from China on 10 April, according to a report in a Beijing-based newspaper that cited an unidentified sales associate who works with the company.
"I have received information saying that Google will leave Chinaon 10 April, but this information has not at present been confirmed by Google," the China Business News quoted the agent as saying. The report also said Google would reveal its plans for its China-based staff that day.
Google, which has a significant share of the search market in China, announced in January that itno longer wanted to censor Search Resultsin that country and would consider leaving entirely. Google has identified China as the source of attacks on prominent US web properties and email accounts belonging to human rights activists, though it has not revealed the specific people behind them. For its part, the Chinese government has denied any involvement.