Did you know Google is banned in China?

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Romania
February 15, 2007 11:22am CST
Google has become popular among users in China because its simplicity and ability to run searches in the Chinese language. China maintains tight controls on the internet,blocking several foreign news sites and frequently forcing domestic sites to remove controversial material.
3 responses
istanto
@istanto (8548)
• Indonesia
16 Feb 07
interesting, let me try to bet on it, because china want they own search engine named badui or baidu (correct me please hehe) china is one of asian country can grown become super power country I think they push it to hard not all ready yet on there..
ill7ven
@ill7ven (49)
• Romania
16 Feb 07
i agree with you on the fact that they are pushing it too hard,thank you for sharing
LightninStrike
@LightninStrike (5915)
• Saint Vincent And The Grenadines
15 Feb 07
Yeah, i had heard about it. I think it's a shame that their goverment wants to control what the citizens read and inform themselves about. Freedom is a word they don't know yet. Hopefully with time.
ill7ven
@ill7ven (49)
• Romania
16 Feb 07
other than democracy..they lack nothing..it`s a powerful and rich country.honestly don`t think that the chinese majority is bothered by comunism
ezzrssi
@ezzrssi (11188)
• Italy
15 Feb 07
no i don't know this news is new for me