Google has made a stupid decision.
Attacking any website is illegal, but did Google clarify who did it?
Regarding the gmail, the Chinese government should have learnt from the US government, and put survillance on all gmail accounts, including possible terrorists who may label themselves as “human right group”. US security agencies have put survillance to all email accounts and all phone calls after 911 to protect US citizens and properties. Chinese government has the right to do the exact same thing.

So Chinese "netizens" will be forced to use CCP approved, monopolized, self censoring search engines. Big deal. They're all chest thumping panda shaggers anyway, so this suits them just fine.

And the few Chinese citizens that believe in and strive for freedom, justice and equality? Oh, they're in prison or house arrest...

The king is dead. Long live the king, aka Baidu.

Don't Be Evil, Supports Google.

i don't give a shit about google leaving china. I USE VPN. if ppl want google that much (the information on google, rather), then get the fucking VPN & stop complaining!
一帮吃饱了没事儿干的中国网民. information is available everywhere if you want it enough. it has nothing to do with how you get it.

A sorrow day of all the people who seek for freedom and justice in the mainland China.
God will punish the evil communist government.

God bless you ,google.

What can I say?What can we see?There're only the images of the dictators left in mainland.

Get out from China Google, we don't need you

"A chinese", your comments lacks logic.

If you don't need google then just don't use it.

There are a billion pages I don't need, maybe others need them.....

Ever thought in that direction?

@falexak
The King is still the governments bitch.

google is just ONE site in the web, we can connect the world by MANY ways, it's "end" in China is no big deal for us. by the way, it likes a CLOWN in this ending thing, why does it not admit its failure of proving service in Chinese and for Chinese people.

They had to do. Brave and stupid at the same time...

we should just pull the plug on the whole country really. Make it the "Great Firewall to nowhere.". If people want internet in China, they should work to realize a government that is compatible with free and open sharing of information, opinions, and ideas. All that is left after the CCP is done filtering is what they want you to think anyway, don't need to get on the internet for that.

For those that say Google we don't need you, enjoy your censored internet. Because apparently you're not trustworthy enough with the full thing.

And as of this morning, no Google sites appear to be loading in China, both UK/CN/.com/JP sites are dead from Qingdao.

Chinese parents can sue Google for deception. Google is doing bait-and-switch to Google.cn users. A Chinese parent can say that he let his kid to user Google.cn to do his homework trusting the porn is filtered, but Google.cn is redirected to Google.hk where porn is not filtered.

see how far we have gone after 21 yrs

according to http://www.businessinsider.com/google-censorship-2010-3
Google also do censorship in France, Germany,Poland,Australia,Thailand,Turkey,India. Will Google also shut down their operation in France, Germany,Poland,Australia,Thailand,Turkey,India?

@money_maker
let idea, let's engineer a test case on it. Might have trouble collecting though. Also how did the writer associate's case resolved? were they able to collect. might be a good example to follow.