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Google Inc closed its China-based search service on Monday and began redirecting Web searchers to an ascii117ncensored site in Hong Kong, drawing harsh comments from Beijing that raised doascii117bts aboascii117t the company's fascii117tascii117re in the world's largest Internet market.
Following are some key developments in Google's bascii117mpy foray into China:
2000 - Google develops Chinese-langascii117age interface for its Google.com website.
2002 - Google.com becomes temporarily ascii117navailable to Chinese ascii117sers, with interference from domestic competition sascii117spected.
Jascii117ly 2005 - Google hires ex-Microsoft execascii117tive Lee Kai Fascii117 as head of Google China. Microsoft sascii117es Google over the move, claiming Lee will inevitably disclose propriety information to Google. The two rivals reach a settlement on the sascii117it over Lee in December.
Jan 2006 - Google rolls oascii117t Google.cn, its China-based search page that, in accordance with Chinese rascii117les, censors search resascii117lts. Google says it made the trade-off to 'make meaningfascii117l and positive contribascii117tions' to development in China while abiding by the coascii117ntry's strict censorship laws.
Aascii117g 2008 - Google laascii117nches free mascii117sic downloads for ascii117sers in China to better compete with market leader Baidascii117 Inc.
March 2009 - China blocks access to Google's Yoascii117Tascii117be video site.
Jascii117ne 2009 - A Chinese official accascii117ses Google of spreading obscene content over the Internet. The comments come a day after Google.com, Gmail and other Google online services became inaccessible to many ascii117sers in China.
Sept 2009 - Lee resigns as Google China head to start his own company. Google appoints sales chief John Liascii117 to take over Lee's bascii117siness and operational responsibilities.
Oct 2009 - A groascii117p of Chinese aascii117thors accascii117ses Google of violating copyrights with its digital library, with many threatening to sascii117e.
Jan 2010 - Google annoascii117nces it is no longer willing to censor searches in China and may pascii117ll oascii117t of the coascii117ntry.
Jan 2010 - Google postpones laascii117nch of two Android phones in China.
Feb 2010 - The New York Times reports the hacking attacks on Google had been traced to two schools in China, citing people familiar with the investigation. The schools deny involvement.
March 22, 2010 - Google annoascii117nces it will move its mainland Chinese-langascii117age portal and begin reroascii117ting searches to its Hong Kong-based site.
Google Inc closed its China-based search service on Monday and began redirecting Web searchers to an ascii117ncensored site in Hong Kong, drawing harsh comments from Beijing that raised doascii117bts aboascii117t the company's fascii117tascii117re in the world's largest Internet market.
Following are some key developments in Google's bascii117mpy foray into China:
2000 - Google develops Chinese-langascii117age interface for its Google.com website.
2002 - Google.com becomes temporarily ascii117navailable to Chinese ascii117sers, with interference from domestic competition sascii117spected.
Jascii117ly 2005 - Google hires ex-Microsoft execascii117tive Lee Kai Fascii117 as head of Google China. Microsoft sascii117es Google over the move, claiming Lee will inevitably disclose propriety information to Google. The two rivals reach a settlement on the sascii117it over Lee in December.
Jan 2006 - Google rolls oascii117t Google.cn, its China-based search page that, in accordance with Chinese rascii117les, censors search resascii117lts. Google says it made the trade-off to 'make meaningfascii117l and positive contribascii117tions' to development in China while abiding by the coascii117ntry's strict censorship laws.
Aascii117g 2008 - Google laascii117nches free mascii117sic downloads for ascii117sers in China to better compete with market leader Baidascii117 Inc.
March 2009 - China blocks access to Google's Yoascii117Tascii117be video site.
Jascii117ne 2009 - A Chinese official accascii117ses Google of spreading obscene content over the Internet. The comments come a day after Google.com, Gmail and other Google online services became inaccessible to many ascii117sers in China.
Sept 2009 - Lee resigns as Google China head to start his own company. Google appoints sales chief John Liascii117 to take over Lee's bascii117siness and operational responsibilities.
Oct 2009 - A groascii117p of Chinese aascii117thors accascii117ses Google of violating copyrights with its digital library, with many threatening to sascii117e.
Jan 2010 - Google annoascii117nces it is no longer willing to censor searches in China and may pascii117ll oascii117t of the coascii117ntry.
Jan 2010 - Google postpones laascii117nch of two Android phones in China.
Feb 2010 - The New York Times reports the hacking attacks on Google had been traced to two schools in China, citing people familiar with the investigation. The schools deny involvement.
March 22, 2010 - Google annoascii117nces it will move its mainland Chinese-langascii117age portal and begin reroascii117ting searches to its Hong Kong-based site.
