This week, Google may "leave" from China

The problem of Google and the Chinese authorities can finally be solved this week. The fact is that this week the decision of the Chinese authorities will be made - whether or not to renew the license for the search giant in China. Earlier, the Chinese had already threatened to deprive the corporation of a license if it did not give up its intention to ignore the laws of China regarding censoring information. The fact is that in China all information in the Chinese segment of the Network is subject to censorship. Google refused to do this (here is the beginning of the story), and it is clear that the authorities of the Middle Kingdom did not like it.

Google’s chief executive, Eric Schmidt, said he was confident that the Chinese authorities would renew the license because “Now our operations in China are fully in compliance with the law.”
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The Chinese themselves are not so sure of this. For example, China Daily, a well-known Chinese newspaper, writes that the problem is “hanging in the air” and its final solution is still very vague. But without a license, Google will have to completely collapse almost all of its services, including mail and Google Maps.

Recall another nuance - not so long ago, Google transferred all Chinese traffic to a Hong Kong server, where content is issued without any censorship. The Chinese authorities, who directly stated this to the management of the corporation, did not like this very much. Chinese authorities reported that Google should either work in mainland China or simply leave the country.

Interestingly, Google previously stated that without any problems, the corporation will curtail all its activities in China, if the authorities do not compromise. It seems that the management of the company has changed its decision, since the company makes so much effort to stay in this market. True, Google’s legal adviser David Drummond said that if Beijing does pick up the license, Google will “leave” immediately.

With the departure of the corporation, problems will arise not only for itself (both financial and personnel). There will be many problems with the Chinese, with numerous companies that work with Google advertising services.

Well, wait and see, there is only a week left to resolve the “Chinese question”.

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