Much ado about Google

by John Justice

Here we go again…last year on this exact date, I wrote my first in a pair of articles about the issues between Google and China. I didn’t realize it was the exact day until I went back on my blog history, but I guess that goes to show Google and China are still playing games. This time over access to Gmail. Of all the sources I read today, this Reuters video seemed the most impartial.

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