Google, Citing Attack, Threatens to Exit China

The big tech store this week is Google's threat to pull out of China over alleged hacking and censorship. Google alleges that sophisticated attacks on the gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists are government sponsored. Google's very public defiance of the Chinese government is unusual for a U. S. company. See Google, Citing Attack, Threatens to Exit China. Many American Internet companies have struggled in China against tough Chinese competition. See China, Where U.S. Internet Companies Often Fail.