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Erik Crouch · · 1 min read

The messy, tumultuous history of Google and China (INFOGRAPHIC)

The messy, tumultuous history of Google and China

Welcome to the land where Google no longer exists.

China and Google don’t exactly get along. Since the firm’s earliest days, when China’s internet users were only a tiny sliver of what they are today, Google and its growing array of web services have been blocked, censored, slowed down, hacked, and attacked.

But there were good times, too. Sort of. We’ve collected some of the highest and lowest points of Google’s China history here. Maybe we’ll have some good news to add in 2016.

15 years of google in china - infographic

Infographic by Tech in Asia’s Andre Gunawan

Editing by Steven Millward

(And yes, we’re serious about ethics and transparency. More information here.)

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Erik Crouch

Erik is an American living in Shanghai, where he follows start-ups, rides high-speed rail, and buys too many new phones. You can contact him by emailing erik@techinasia.com, or on Twitter @erikcrouch.