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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.
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bO@e 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.
yV]-![`D s0`uSQ2X 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.
@lJGdp \J13rL{< 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.
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4+W}TKw 4,aBNuxWd U^,ld` Onc!5L 1月12日我们在这里宣布,谷歌和其它逾20家美国公司在一场从中国发起的精密的网络攻击中成为了受害者。在对这些攻击的调查中,我们找到了证据显示,数十名中国人权主义者的Gmail账户被第三方(除了谷歌和用户自身)有规律地登录,并很有可能是通过放置在这些用户电脑中的网络钓鱼陷阱或恶意软件进行操作。
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' 我们也进一步明确,这些攻击和通过其显示出的背后的“监督力量”,和去年中国为进一步限制网络言论自由的举动有关----例如中国始终屏蔽Facebook、Twitter、YouTube、Google Docs和Google Blogger。所有这些让我们决定,我们可能不再会继续审查Google.cn里的搜索结果。
`QkzWy~V3 d+IPa<N 所以今天早些时候我们停止了对Google.cn上搜索、资讯和图片搜索结果的审查。现在用户访问Google.cn会自动转到Google.com.hk,我们将在这里以简体中文提供未审查的搜索结果,这项服务是特别为了中国大陆的用户设计的,并将通过我们位于香港的服务器提供。位于香港的用户将继续接受现有的未经审查的繁体中文服务。由于目前香港服务器的流量增加,以及这些变化本来就复杂的特点,用户在使用服务时速度可能会下降,并发现一些产品暂时不能使用,因为我们正在将所有的服务转过来。
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