Google in China

Google launches Chinese service: Google has launched its Chinese service with bullish growth forecasts and a robust defence of its decision to limit user access to certain internet sites

Google's 'old dog' taught Chinese tricks: Google will now be known in Chinese as Gu Ge, which means "harvest song" and is a more melodious moniker than the unofficial alternatives currently used in China for the company. Some Chinese media and internet users have in the past merely used Google's English name, while others have variously dubbed the company "Gougou" and "Gugou" - which mean "doggy" and "old hound".

Chief Says Google Won't Fight Chinese Censorship: Google's chief executive, Eric E. Schmidt, whose technology company has been sharply criticized for complying with Chinese censors, said today that Google was not lobbying to change the country's censorship laws and, for now, had no plans to do so.