7 Major Consequences Of Google's China Exit (PHOTOS)

Google effectively shut down its China search engine yesterday, announcing that it had officially decided to stop censoring search results and would be routing web queries through its uncensored Hong Kong site (Google.com.hk).

What are the consequences--and downsides--of Google's China exit? We've taken a look at seven potential losses to expect from the Mountain View company's big move.

Get the latest updates--including pictures, news, and real-time reports--on Google's China move here, then check out the Google-China saga in pictures.

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Wired writes, 'A Nature News survey of Chinese scientists found that 84 percent of them thought losing access to Google would “somewhat or significantly” hurt their work process. Like their American counterparts, Chinese researchers use Google and Google Scholar to find papers and related information. “Research without Google would be like life without electricity,” one Chinese scientist told Nature.'

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Wired writes, 'A Nature News survey of Chinese scientists found that 84 percent of them thought losing access to Google would “somewhat or significantly” hurt their work process. Like their American counterparts, Chinese researchers use Google and Google Scholar to find papers and related information. “Research without Google would be like life without electricity,” one Chinese scientist told Nature.'

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