Google宣布退出中國轉香港 搜尋結果無禁忌

舉世矚目的Google與中國大陸的這場網路戰爭，終見分曉。Google今天正式宣布關閉中國大陸搜尋服務 google.cn ，目前進入 google.cn ，會被轉至香港 Google 網站，即 google.com.hk 。

Google 22 日在官方部落格宣布，停止對中國大陸的搜尋審查，今天凌晨，民眾如果上網連到 google.cn 即會被引導至香港 Google ，該網站下方還標示了｢歡迎您來到 Google 搜尋在中國的新家｣字樣。

Google 停止的搜尋服務審查包括： Google 網頁搜尋、 Google 新聞，以及 Google 圖片。不過， Google 在中國大陸的研發機構和銷售部門將繼續保留。

谷歌今天凌晨宣布退出中國市場。谷歌（Google）今天宣布不再過濾中文搜尋引擎的搜尋結果。法務長庄孟德（David Drummond）仍希望繼續在中國進行研發，並在當地維持銷售業務。谷歌希望將搜尋服務由中國轉至香港。

聲明說：今天早晨我們停止對Google.cn搜尋服務——谷歌搜尋、谷歌新聞和谷歌圖像的過濾。訪問Google.cn將被導至Google.com.hk，在此網站提供未經過濾的簡體中文搜尋結果，專門為中國大陸用戶設計，並通過在香港的伺服器提供。

聲明說，該公司計畫將研發工作留在中國，並在當地維持銷售業務。Drummond在聲明中說：｢我們打算繼續在中國的研發工作，也將維持那裡的銷售，當然銷售團隊的規模顯然會根據大陸用戶能夠訪問Google.com.hk情況而定。｣

最後，Drummond特彆強調所有這些決定都是由美國的管理人員做出和執行的，中方員工不對谷歌離開中國大陸承擔責任。

現在通過Google.cn 搜尋被牆的關鍵詞敏感詞，顯示的文章同Google.com的搜尋結果相似，已經是原汁原味的搜尋結果, 不過牆內估計還是被牆過濾的結果。

Google宣布對中國的新政策發布者其官方部落格上，全文如下：

A new approach to China: an update

3/22/2010 12:03:00 PM
On January 12, we announced on this blog that Google and more than twenty other U.S. companies had been the victims of a sophisticated cyber attack originating from China, and that during our investigation into these attacks we had uncovered evidence to suggest that the Gmail accounts of dozens of human rights activists connected with China were being routinely accessed by third parties, most likely via phishing scams or malware placed on their computers. We also made clear that these attacks and the surveillance they uncovered—combined with attempts over the last year to further limit free speech on the web in China including the persistent blocking of websites such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google Docs and Blogger—had led us to conclude that we could no longer continue censoring our results on Google.cn.

So earlier today we stopped censoring our search services—Google Search, Google News, and Google Images—on Google.cn. Users visiting Google.cn are now being redirected to Google.com.hk, where we are offering uncensored search in simplified Chinese, specifically designed for users in mainland China and delivered via our servers in Hong Kong. Users in Hong Kong will continue to receive their existing uncensored, traditional Chinese service, also from Google.com.hk. Due to the increased load on our Hong Kong servers and the complicated nature of these changes, users may see some slowdown in service or find some products temporarily inaccessible as we switch everything over.

Figuring out how to make good on our promise to stop censoring search on Google.cn has been hard. We want as many people in the world as possible to have access to our services, including users in mainland China, yet the Chinese government has been crystal clear throughout our discussions that self-censorship is a non-negotiable legal requirement. We believe this new approach of providing uncensored search in simplified Chinese from Google.com.hk is a sensible solution to the challenges we've faced—it's entirely legal and will meaningfully increase access to information for people in China. We very much hope that the Chinese government respects our decision, though we are well aware that it could at any time block access to our services. We will therefore be carefully monitoring access issues, and have created this new web page, which we will update regularly each day, so that everyone can see which Google services are available in China.

In terms of Google's wider business operations, we intend to continue R&D work in China and also to maintain a sales presence there, though the size of the sales team will obviously be partially dependent on the ability of mainland Chinese users to access Google.com.hk. Finally, we would like to make clear that all these decisions have been driven and implemented by our executives in the United States, and that none of our employees in China can, or should, be held responsible for them. Despite all the uncertainty and difficulties they have faced since we made our announcement in January, they have continued to focus on serving our Chinese users and customers. We are immensely proud of them.

Posted by David Drummond, SVP, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer