Back in January 2010, Google declared that it was no longer
willing to continue censoring search results on Google.cn, and that
it would possibly shut down the Chinese search page, and potentially
even its offices in China. In March, Google backed that talk up by redirecting
Google.cn to Google.com.hk,
a move that enabled it to keep providing uncensored search in
simplified Chinese but from Hong-Kong.
At the end of last month, the Chinese government made it clear to the company that it wasn’t happy with the redirect, and that its Internet Content Provider license would not be renewed if they would keep up this “unacceptable” behavior.
To read the full, original article click on this link: Google Gets Its License To Operate In China Renewed
Author: Robin Wauters