Google bows to China's censorship demands

bonhomme_de_neige writes: China renewed Google's internet licence after it pledged to obey censorship laws and stop automatically switching mainland users to its unfiltered Hong Kong site, an official said.

Google promised to "obey Chinese law" and avoid linking to material deemed a threat to national security or social stability, said Zhang Feng, director of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's Telecoms Development Department, at a news conference.