According to unconfirmed news, Google would give up negotiation with the relevant departments and withdraw from China by the end of February, retaining Andriod phone platform and related businesses.
About 100 Andriod engineers will be left, and engineers can transfer job positions according to the nature of the project.
January 12, Google Vice President of Corporate Development and Chief Legal Counsel- David Drummond, said in his blog, Google Group has decided not to censor our search results on Google.cn, so if possible, the company in the coming weeks will discuss with relevant Chinese department of on what kind of basis an unfiltered search engine can be operated within a legal framework.
Drummond said in blog, Google admitted that it could mean the company will have to close Google.cn, as well as our China office.
Google China told media later yesterday that they were proud of the current achievements, reviewing the decision of the headquarter, hoping to find a solution.
It was known that Google China held a collective video conferencing for employees. Google's founders Sergey - Brin said at the meeting, "We have not yet made a formal decision of withdrawal, which depends on the results of discussions with the Chinese government."
