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Quotes

"It will not make any difference to the government if Google quits China, however Google will suffer a huge economic loss from leaving the Chinese market."
---Guo Ke, professor of Shanghai International Studies University

"China's Internet is open. China has tried creating a favorable environment for Internet."
---Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Jiang Yu

"It would be the silliest decision in the history of Google if it quits China."
---Tang Jun, former president of Microsoft China

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Background

September 12, 2000
Google starts offering an internet search service in Chinese.

July 19, 2005
Kai-fu Lee, formerly a corporate vice president of Microsoft, is hired as head of Google China.

January 26, 2006

Google rolls out Google.cn, its China-based search portal that censors search results in accordance with Chinese regulations.

April 12, 2006

Google CEO Eric Schmidt unveils a Chinese name for Google—"Gu Ge," meaning "a harvesting song."

September 4, 2009

Kai-fu Lee resigns from Google China and starts his own venture. Google appoints John Liu, the head of Google's Greater China sales operations, to take over Lee's business and operational roles.

October 2009

A group of Chinese authors accuses Google of copyright violations after the company published their works in its digital library without their permission.

January 13, 2010

Google says on its official blog that it is considering stopping its operations in China and shutting down its offices here.

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