Great Fire Wall Of China

"Great Balls Of Fire" meets "Great Walls Of China". Google’ launch of its self censored search engine Google.cn in China has been another bolstering stone in the Chinese government ’Great firewall of China’, a network of government servers used to determine what Chinese internet users are allowed to see. By compromising its motto ’don’t be evil’ and bowing to the govt. policies Google has received a massive opposition reigniting the debate about how businesses conduct themselves in oppressive regimes. The launch of Google.cn is being observed as a black day for freedom of expression in China. Also the company’ act of taking a stand against the US govt. for securing the privacy of its western clientele and at the same time capitulating to the Chinese authorities is considered as a part of its’ Hippocratic strategies in China contrasting Google’ statements about respecting online privacy as stated by Reporters Without Borders (RWB) The very helpful B3ta.com has given us a very serious look at what's in store in the future for China's google users. On to the next "black day for freedom of expression".