Google today made official its plans to end censorship in China, redirecting Chinese users to its uncensored search service in Hong Kong. The move comes more than two months after Google revealed in January that it had fallen victim to a wave of targeted attacks out of China. Google will maintain an R&D and sales presence in mainland China, however, the search giant also announced. Google acknowledged that Chinese government officials could eventually block Chinese users’ access to the Hong Kong-based search site. Google Docs, Picasa, and Groups are partially blocked at this time.”]

