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Mon 03 Mar 2010Google reroutes China web traffic
Having previously threatened to withdraw its services, Google today begun redirecting internet traffic from mainland China to its servers in Hong Kong.
In a statement, the internet giant said it will no longer censor its search service on Google.cn. The company, which is the world's leading search engine, also said it would monitor and publicise any attempts at censorship of the site by the Chinese government.
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