Google in China

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Google in China

Postby Mugzy » Fri Jan 27, 2006 10:40 am

this is interesting.. Google announced that they would start working with the government of china on search results.. look at the difference...

Here is the .com results..
http://images.google.com/images?q=tiananmen

Here are the results from the china google:
http://images.google.cn/images?q=tiananmen
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Postby Twister026 » Fri Jan 27, 2006 11:12 am

Lol, Chinese google :rotflmao:

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Postby PraiseA||ah » Fri Jan 27, 2006 11:36 am

Striking differences. The power of propaganda for all to see - all that aren't in China, that is. I remember the first selection of images and that's what I associate Tianamen Square with. A squashed revolution and tremendous bravery on the part of those students.
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Postby Alofwar » Fri Jan 27, 2006 12:22 pm

It doesn't matter, half the websites in the world will be blocked so it won't be to good a search engine in china.
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Postby Buliwyf » Sat Jan 28, 2006 11:47 am

mmm propoganda
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Postby Conscious* » Sat Jan 28, 2006 4:26 pm

mmm China

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