Google's relationship with China has always been complex. In many people's eyes the company's “do no evil” motto sat uneasily with the fact that Google.cn was censored in line with the wishes of China's ruling Communist party. Searches for contentious political issues such as 'tiananmen square' were voluntarily censored by Google - with pages that were officially frowned upon removed from the SERPs. Discussion
Although Google has portrayed Friday's decision by the Chinese government to renew the search giant's Internet business license as a victory, the outcome is actually a humbling ...