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Search Engines Working With Chinese Government To Reduce Hacks

Reuters | Posted 02.29.2012

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The Chinese government is working with domestic Internet search engines like Baidu Inc and Sohu.com and financial institutions to...

Chinese Search Engine Outpaces Google

AP | By JOE McDONALD | Posted 12.28.2011

BEIJING -- Baidu Inc., which operates China's most popular search engine, said Friday its latest quarterly profit jumped 80 percent as strong growth i...

Ryan Grim

Spreading Freedom: Google And The War For The Web

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- You can't swing a dead cat video in Washington lately without hitting a lobbyist, consultant, attorney or adviser on retainer to Google ...

China's Google Rival Readies Android Challenger

Posted 11.06.2011

By Melanie Lee SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Dell Inc and China's top search engine Baidu Inc plan to jointly develop tablet computers and mobile phones...

China Moves To Crush Illegal Music Downloads

AP | JOE McDONALD | Posted 09.18.2011

BEIJING — Baidu Inc., which operates China's most popular search engine, said Tuesday it will distribute music from three global labels in a dea...

Bing Inks Huge Deal With China's Largest Search Engine

Posted 09.03.2011

By Jason Subler and Georgina Prodhan SHANGHAI/LONDON (Reuters) - China's Baidu is to partner with Microsoft for English-language search, giving...

A FIRST: Americans Sue China Over Internet Censorship

Posted 07.19.2011

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Eight New York residents sued Baidu Inc and the Chinese government on Wednesday, accusing China's biggest...

Facebook Faces China Censorship Dilemma

Human Rights First | Posted 06.21.2011

Human Rights First

To date, Google, Godaddy, and a few others have been the only Internet companies to challenge China's restrictive policies. We hope Facebook follows their lead.

China's Top Search Engine Cracks Down On Piracy

AP | JOE McDONALD | Posted 05.30.2011

BEIJING — Baidu Inc., which operates China's leading search engine, said Wednesday it has removed 2.8 million items from an online library after...

U.S.: Top China Search Engine 'Notorious' Market For Piracy

AP | JOE McDONALD | Posted 05.25.2011

BEIJING — The U.S. government has labeled China's top search engine, Baidu, and a popular e-commerce platform "notorious markets" linked to sale...

Are Entrepreneurs A Better Bet In The Stock Market?

The Huffington Post | Nathaniel Cahners Hindman | Posted 05.25.2011

Entrepreneurs are an investor's best bet these days, according to one college professor turned money manager recently profiled by the Wall Street Jour...

Slip Slidin' Away: Google in China

Elizabeth Lynch | Posted 05.25.2011

Elizabeth Lynch

China's internet censorship should not be condoned. But Google is not the champion of our moral values, nor should it be asked to be. The responsibility lies with us, through our elected officials and through our own actions.

Google's China Misadventure: Not a Harbinger of Darkness

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 05.25.2011

Tom Doctoroff

A headline in today's Washington Post asserts: "Google's showdown marks turning point in bond between West and Beijing's authoritarian system." Please. Let's not get overexcited.

If China Unplugs Google, it Will Be the First Time China's People Know What They Aren't Allowed To See

Peter Scheer | Posted 05.25.2011

Peter Scheer

The Chinese people, for the most part, have been unaware of what the government does not let them see. Never before has the government, in its regulation of internet content, cut off access to a website regularly used by so many of its own citizens.

Google's China Exit: When Business and Human Rights Converge

Nicole Kempton | Posted 05.25.2011

Nicole Kempton

The prospect of Google pulling out of China says much about the disconnect between the idealism of Internet pioneers and the reality of how the Internet is utilized in undemocratic states.

If Google Leaves China, Will Microsoft Become Bejing's Favorite Capitalist Tool?

Michael A. Santoro and Wendy Goldberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael A. Santoro and Wendy Goldberg

If Google leaves China, it will be opting to do so at a time when it is gaining scale in the largest and fastest-growing Internet market in the world. This is no minor matter even for a company of Google's size.

Grow up Google

Diane Francis | Posted 05.25.2011

Diane Francis

It's somewhat amusing that Google and its two American competitors have collaborated with the Great Internet Fire Wall ll the way up to about 40% market share.

Google's Got the Goods on China

Jose Ferreira | Posted 05.25.2011

Jose Ferreira

Google's real threat to China is not that it will leave the country. It's that it will embarrass China and damage its national reputation as a place to do business.

"Don't Be Evil": How Larry Page and Sergey Brin Really Think and Should We Worry About Google's Dominance

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011

Anis Shivani

We shall see if Larry and Sergey's collective brain can keep up with the spontaneous evolution of the Internet.

More Power to Google in China: Why Does US-Backed Baidu.com Get a Pass?

Peter Scheer | Posted 05.25.2011

Peter Scheer

Baidu is often described in the press as China's "home-grown" internet portal. But its stock trades on the NASDAQ exchange. And it is today majority-owned by institutional investors with names like Fidelity and Morgan Stanley.

Google to China: Drop Dead!

Rory O'Connor | Posted 05.25.2011

Rory O'Connor

Does a company with a stated corporate goal of "Don't Be Evil" really deserve praise for finally pulling the plug on its longstanding cooperation with the Great Firewall? I think not.

Discovery, Baidu Partner For Chinese Web Site

New York Times | BRIAN STELTER | Posted 05.25.2011

Discovery Communications, the owner of the Discovery Channel and other cable channels, has signed a pact with Baidu, a leading search engine in China,...

Fair Trade Suffers When China Censors The Internet. It's Not Just A Human Rights Issue.

Michael A. Santoro and Wendy Goldberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael A. Santoro and Wendy Goldberg

We are accustomed to thinking of censorship purely as a human rights issue, but for information providers and technology companies, censorship acts as a trade barrier.

China Targets Google In Crackdown On Pornography

AP | HENRY SANDERSON | Posted 05.25.2011

BEIJING — China warned Google and other popular Web portals Monday that they must do more to block pornographic material from reaching Chinese u...

Why Google When You Can Baidu?

Los Angeles Times | Dawn C. Chmielewski | Posted 05.25.2011

Diners often plunge their chopsticks into shared entrees at even the most upscale restaurants here. This mouth-to-plate maneuver might be considered a...