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Google may flee from China

BEIJING, KOMPAS.com - After positioning their business in China can not clear for two months, Google is rumored to be ending its search engine services in the State Bamboo Curtain. It is said by former Google executive in China, last Tuesday.

"There is no way for Google to go back," said Peter Lui, who had previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Google China, as reported by Business Week site. He said, it is difficult for Google to stay in China if you must return to censorship of the content according to the rules in China.

According to him, the internet services in China can still exist without Google because the country has their own search engine service, Baidu, which is more powerful now. He argues that Google's opportunity to go back over.

Previously, Google decided to stop filtering the content on its service in China from January 12, 2010 and ready to flee if not allowed. Reportedly, Google's process of negotiation with the Government of China never produced a meeting point so far. In fact, the Government of China stated that Google's actions as an act of censorship to stop irresponsible.

China is indeed known for strict in regulating Internet content. Government of China requires all online services to censor content from things that are considered sensitive, as a matter of democracy and pornography.