WikiLeaks cables reveal Google’s struggles to operate its search engine in China worsened after a high-ranking Chinese official Googled himself only to find “results critical of him” The official demanded the search giant remove a link to Google.com from the company’s censored China-based search engine at Google.cn. In March, Google announced it would stop censoring its search results in the country, a requirement brought on by the Chinese government. A WikiLeaks cable also names Li Changchun as the official who oversaw the December 2009 hacking attack on Google’s computer systems.”]
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