Yes, this has been there since they started censoring. I wonder if they will remove it once they completely phase out the filtering.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Oliver Day <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:oday@fas.harvard.edu">oday@fas.harvard.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Ironically at the bottom in Chinese is this phrase:<br>
"据当地法律法规和政策，部分搜索结果未予显示。"<br>
that translates to:<br>
"According to local laws, regulations and policies, some search results<br>
are not shown."<br>
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Rich Jones wrote:<br>
> <a href="http://images.google.cn/images?q=tiananmen+massacre" target="_blank">http://images.google.cn/images?q=tiananmen+massacre</a><br>
><br>
> This is an incredible sight.<br>
><br>
> R<br>
><br>
> On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Alex Kozak <<a href="mailto:akozak@creativecommons.org">akozak@creativecommons.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>> 'm very happy about this. <a href="http://i.imgur.com/5xJmy.jpg" target="_blank">http://i.imgur.com/5xJmy.jpg</a><br>
>> - Alex<br>
>><br>
>> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Elizabeth Stark <<a href="mailto:emstark@gmail.com">emstark@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-approach-to-china.html" target="_blank">http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-approach-to-china.html</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> A new approach to China<br>
>>><br>
>>> 1/12/2010 03:00:00 PM<br>
>>> Like many other well-known organizations, we face cyber attacks of varying<br>
>>> degrees on a regular basis. In mid-December, we detected a highly<br>
>>> sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure<br>
>>> originating from China that resulted in the theft of intellectual property<br>
>>> from Google. However, it soon became clear that what at first appeared to be<br>
>>> solely a security incident--albeit a significant one--was something quite<br>
>>> different.<br>
>>><br>
>>> First, this attack was not just on Google. As part of our investigation we<br>
>>> have discovered that at least twenty other large companies from a wide range<br>
>>> of businesses--including the Internet, finance, technology, media and<br>
>>> chemical sectors--have been similarly targeted. We are currently in the<br>
>>> process of notifying those companies, and we are also working with the<br>
>>> relevant U.S. authorities.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Second, we have evidence to suggest that a primary goal of the attackers<br>
>>> was accessing the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists. Based on<br>
>>> our investigation to date we believe their attack did not achieve that<br>
>>> objective. Only two Gmail accounts appear to have been accessed, and that<br>
>>> activity was limited to account information (such as the date the account<br>
>>> was created) and subject line, rather than the content of emails themselves.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Third, as part of this investigation but independent of the attack on<br>
>>> Google, we have discovered that the accounts of dozens of U.S.-, China- and<br>
>>> Europe-based Gmail users who are advocates of human rights in China appear<br>
>>> to have been routinely accessed by third parties. These accounts have not<br>
>>> been accessed through any security breach at Google, but most likely via<br>
>>> phishing scams or malware placed on the users' computers.<br>
>>><br>
>>> We have already used information gained from this attack to make<br>
>>> infrastructure and architectural improvements that enhance security for<br>
>>> Google and for our users. In terms of individual users, we would advise<br>
>>> people to deploy reputable anti-virus and anti-spyware programs on their<br>
>>> computers, to install patches for their operating systems and to update<br>
>>> their web browsers. Always be cautious when clicking on links appearing in<br>
>>> instant messages and emails, or when asked to share personal information<br>
>>> like passwords online. You can read more here about our cyber-security<br>
>>> recommendations. People wanting to learn more about these kinds of attacks<br>
>>> can read this U.S. government report (PDF), Nart Villeneuve's<br>
>>> blog andthis presentation on the GhostNet spying incident.<br>
>>><br>
>>> We have taken the unusual step of sharing information about these attacks<br>
>>> with a broad audience not just because of the security and human rights<br>
>>> implications of what we have unearthed, but also because this information<br>
>>> goes to the heart of a much bigger global debate about freedom of speech. In<br>
>>> the last two decades, China's economic reform programs and its citizens'<br>
>>> entrepreneurial flair have lifted hundreds of millions of Chinese people out<br>
>>> of poverty. Indeed, this great nation is at the heart of much economic<br>
>>> progress and development in the world today.<br>
>>><br>
>>> We launched Google.cn in January 2006 in the belief that the benefits of<br>
>>> increased access to information for people in China and a more open Internet<br>
>>> outweighed our discomfort in agreeing to censor some results. At the time we<br>
>>> made clear that "we will carefully monitor conditions in China, including<br>
>>> new laws and other restrictions on our services. If we determine that we are<br>
>>> unable to achieve the objectives outlined we will not hesitate to reconsider<br>
>>> our approach to China."<br>
>>><br>
>>> These attacks and the surveillance they have uncovered--combined with the<br>
>>> attempts over the past year to further limit free speech on the web--have<br>
>>> led us to conclude that we should review the feasibility of our business<br>
>>> operations in China. We have decided we are no longer willing to continue<br>
>>> censoring our results on Google.cn, and so over the next few weeks we will<br>
>>> be discussing with the Chinese government the basis on which we could<br>
>>> operate an unfiltered search engine within the law, if at all. We recognize<br>
>>> that this may well mean having to shut down Google.cn, and potentially our<br>
>>> offices in China.<br>
>>><br>
>>> The decision to review our business operations in China has been<br>
>>> incredibly hard, and we know that it will have potentially far-reaching<br>
>>> consequences. We want to make clear that this move was driven by our<br>
>>> executives in the United States, without the knowledge or involvement of our<br>
>>> employees in China who have worked incredibly hard to make Google.cn the<br>
>>> success it is today. We are committed to working responsibly to resolve the<br>
>>> very difficult issues raised.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
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