{"id":1576621,"date":"2024-03-27T13:49:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T13:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rfa.org\/english\/news\/afcl\/google-tiktok-chinese-market-03272024094631.html"},"modified":"2024-03-27T13:49:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T13:49:00","slug":"did-google-abandon-the-chinese-market-due-to-domestic-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2024\/03\/27\/did-google-abandon-the-chinese-market-due-to-domestic-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Google \u2018abandon\u2019 the Chinese market due to domestic requirements?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n
A claim has been shared in Chinese-language social media posts that Google \u201cabandoned\u201d the Chinese market due to the domestic requirements asking foreign firms to store data in China.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
But the claim is misleading. Google had its servers in China before exiting the country in 2010. The primary reason for the American tech giant\u2019s departure from the Chinese market was its refusal to comply with the Chinese government\u2019s content censorship.<\/b><\/p>\n