Google is down right fed up with communist China. A firm believer in the Open Internet movement, Google is taking it to the man and sticking up for uncensored search results. And it's no wonder they're sick of all the censorship; there's just too much shady activity coming from the East. Somehow Chinese hackers have found a way to peer into email accounts of users who are advocates of human rights. And no, Google isn't handing over the user information, but rather the computers of those effected have had built in phishing software - giving backdoor access to the attackers, keeping a watchful eye on the user's activity like a creepy cyber big brother - "Dude, stop looking at my screen!" So much for privacy policy.

Search giant, Google, knows the risks, however; If an agreement can't be made then they might have to close up shop in China, shutting down its offices there and forgetting the whole thing ever happened. If that were to happen I suppose they could walk away with their heads held high, but at what cost? Well, I'm sure billions of dollars in profits might be lost, so I'm quite sure Google is only considering that a worst case scenario. 

Interesting to note that in China you can't search up the words "freedom" or "democracy". 

[TechRadar via GoogleBlog]