Censorship? Google? Never!
A month after the launch of Google.cn, Saved From The Skip took a crash course in basic Mandarin in order to do some research into Google's Chinese search engine.
Here are the results of a few quick searches, compared to the equivalent searches on Google.co.uk:
Search phrase: “Falun Gong”
Hits: (google.co.uk): 2,180,000
Hits: (google.cn): 78,800
Search phrase: “Tibet”
Hits: (google.co.uk): 16,700,000
Hits: (google.cn) : 3,160,000
Search phrase: “Prince Charles”
Hits: (google.co.uk): 22,500,000
Hits: (google.cn) : 65,000
Search phrase: “Prince Charles thinks Hu Jintao is an appalling old waxwork”
Hits: (google.co.uk): 5
Hits: (google.cn) : 5
Search phrase: “Tiananmen Square”
Hits: (google.co.uk): 1,870,000
Hits: (google.cn) : 48,800
Search phrase (exact): “Tiananmen Square massacre”
Hits: (google.co.uk): 296,000
Hits: (google.cn) : 323
Search phrase (exact): “Free Tibet Campaign”
Hits: (google.co.uk): 67,600
Hits: (google.cn): 20
Conclusion: as the results of this ultra-scientific experiment clearly show, Google has NOT censored the content of its Chinese website in any way. (And if you dare to think otherwise, you will instantly disappear without a trace along with all your family, and all evidence of your miserable existence will immediately be erased from the World Wide Web.)
Thank you for your kind attention.
Here are the results of a few quick searches, compared to the equivalent searches on Google.co.uk:
Search phrase: “Falun Gong”
Hits: (google.co.uk): 2,180,000
Hits: (google.cn): 78,800
Search phrase: “Tibet”
Hits: (google.co.uk): 16,700,000
Hits: (google.cn) : 3,160,000
Search phrase: “Prince Charles”
Hits: (google.co.uk): 22,500,000
Hits: (google.cn) : 65,000
Search phrase: “Prince Charles thinks Hu Jintao is an appalling old waxwork”
Hits: (google.co.uk): 5
Hits: (google.cn) : 5
Search phrase: “Tiananmen Square”
Hits: (google.co.uk): 1,870,000
Hits: (google.cn) : 48,800
Search phrase (exact): “Tiananmen Square massacre”
Hits: (google.co.uk): 296,000
Hits: (google.cn) : 323
Search phrase (exact): “Free Tibet Campaign”
Hits: (google.co.uk): 67,600
Hits: (google.cn): 20
Conclusion: as the results of this ultra-scientific experiment clearly show, Google has NOT censored the content of its Chinese website in any way. (And if you dare to think otherwise, you will instantly disappear without a trace along with all your family, and all evidence of your miserable existence will immediately be erased from the World Wide Web.)
Thank you for your kind attention.
those statistics indicate that the Cinese dont give a toss what Prince Charles thinks about Chinese officials and the Brits dont give a toss about what Prince Charles thinks.Period.
Posted by C.S.Lawrence | 3:04 PM
Enjoyed a lot! »
Posted by Anonymous | 11:58 PM