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Re:Wikipedia’s Switch to HTTPS Has Successfully Fought Gover... by beefsack on Monday May 29, 2017 @08:13PM (#14442223)
Nitpick: Google opted to pull out of mainland China instead of self-censoring. They moved Chinese operations to Hong Kong, but operate uncensored there.
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Re:Wikipedia’s Switch to HTTPS Has Successfully Fought Gover... by bumblebeard on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @12:10AM (#14442962)
Google was perfectly willing to self-censor in China until they were hacked by the Chinese government in 2010. That's when Google China moved to Hong Kong.

https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-approach-to-chin...

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