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Google Considers Leaving China Over Attempted Breaches

After repeated attempts to break Google servers hosting Internet access to china, Google declared it was considering leaving that market. Google had cooperated with China's censorship laws by blocking access to certain Web content. Google announcement cited free speech, and surveillance as contributing factors of its reconsideration of the business relationship it has with China.


Citing Attack, Google Says It May End Its Venture in China
, Andrew Jacobs, Miguel Helft, and John Markoff