21 Facts About Google China

On 12 September 2000, Google China announced the addition of Simplified and Traditional Chinese versions to Google China.

In 2005, Google China moved from Xinhua Insurance Building, outside Jianguomen, to Keji Building in the Tsinghua Science Park near the east gate of Tsinghua University, where Google rented two floors.

Google China used its Chinese name, GuGe, but it never caught on with Chinese internet users.

From September 2006 until August 2016, the office of Google China was a ten-floor building in Kejian Building in the Tsinghua Science Park.

In January 2010, Google announced that, in response to a Chinese-originated hacking attack on them and other US tech companies, they were no longer willing to censor searches in China and would pull out of the country completely if necessary.

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Fact that Google had ended some of its services in China, and the reasons for it, were censored in China.

In 2013 Google China stopped displaying warning messages that had shown up for mainland Chinese users who were attempting to search for politically sensitive phrases.

On 1 August 2016, Google China moved its headquarters from Tsinghua Science Park to Rongke Information Center.

On 8 December 2016, Google held the Google Developer Day China 2016 in the China National Convention Center, and announced the creation of a developer website for mainland Chinese developers, including Google Developers China, Android Developers China, and Firebase China .

In May 2017, Google China held Future of Go Summit with the Chinese government.

On 13 December 2017, Google China held Google Developer Day China 2017 in Shanghai and announced the establishment of the Google AI China Center, led by Fei-Fei Li and Professor Li Jia.

On 14 August 2020, following the enactment of the Hong Kong national security law, Google China stated that it would no longer directly respond to data requests from the Hong Kong authorities, and would instead have them go through a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty with the United States.

The memo reportedly said that a prototype of the censored search engine was being developed as an app called Maotai that would record the geographical position and internet history of its users, and accused Google China of developing "spying tools" for the Chinese government to monitor its citizens.

Competitors of Google China include Bing, Sogou and Baidu, often called the "Google of China" because of its resemblance and similarity to Google.

Since announcing its intent to comply with Internet censorship laws in China, Google China had been the focus of controversy over what critics view as capitulation to the "Golden Shield Project".

Google critics in the United States claimed that Google China is a flagrant violation of the Google motto, "Don't be evil".

On 12 January 2010, Google China announced that it was "no longer willing to continue censoring" results on Google China.

Google China learned that the hackers had breached two Gmail accounts but were only able to access 'from' and 'to' information and subject headers of emails in these accounts.

The issue of Google's changed policy toward China was cited as a potentially major development in world affairs, marking a split between authoritarian socialism and the Western model of free capitalism and Internet access.

Accusations were made by Baidu, a competing Chinese search engine, that Google China was pulling out for financial rather than other reasons.

In 2012, Google added a new software feature to warn users when they type in a word censored or blocked in China, beginning to offer suggestions about possible sensitive or banned keywords in China.