Why Google’s move slaps the Chinese government in the face!
March 22nd, 2010 admin

Google's carefully worded blog post today explaining why they redirected mainland Chinese traffic to the Hong Kong version of Google sounds fair and balanced. In fact, it's a humiliating slap in the face for the Chinese government. Here's why .
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