There was no mention of China's filtering of political content in this article, isn't Google already helping them with that? Seems I remember hearing about that years ago.

"distributing porn and other lewd material."

LEWD LOL stupid chinese officials.

"LEWD LOL stupid chinese officials."
There's some stupidity afoot without a doubt, Ciuy.

Why doesn't china filter out there own crap?

It's obvious. Along with being the biggest cash cow in their economy, and already begining to selling them international stock in all of our big companies at bargain prices, they now want us to solve all of their other little domestic problems. I'm sure they'll start requiring us to bow in their prescence next year, around the same time they start selling cheap piece of garbage Blu-Ray players made by 9 year olds.

Censorship is just wrong...Parents, not the government, should be able to decide what their kids get up to.. What 2 or more consenting adults do for money on film/webcam/video is their business.. and mine if I want to watch it.

I'm honestly disappointed in Google. In Google's own philosophy it clearly states "You can make money without doing evil."

Censorship is certainly evil and complying with is just as. This hasn't been the first time Google has done such acts either. They chose to profit with evil once again. Damn hypocrites.

Haven't you heard of the great firewall of china?

without china, you guys are all fucked.

so just STFU already.

Obviously according to NuclearShadow, feeding porn to youngsters are considered a godly behavior in wherever he/she is living.

^^ Winner XD ^^

Congrats China, enjoy the catastrophe that ensues.

Keep your daughters close, because chances are they'll be raped by a sexually depraved individual who would otherwise beat it to google images.

Yes i think Google is stupid for giving in to those communist bastards. If you
don't have freedom of speach and porn what do you have? Nothing!

These titles need work "Google to China: Fine, No Porn for You"

The No Porn for You is ok because it is funny but all these articles are "Google to Europe" "GM to Government"

Just make it something readable, like Google tells China or GM demands blah blah blah. The current style blank to blank is unreadable and just poor english >_>

Guy guys I just learned something. I know some of you may think I am crazy but I think I am not so I'm gonna post it here. First thing I want to say is that marriage is honorable. Bible was right. Pornography is there just because of money reasons. It is something that's foul and discusting. Women on those porn sites are just eather abused or do it since they are poor. Which is very shamefull and wrong. None of those girls WANT to star in porn. Normal women just don't have the sexual drive that men have and it is only for having children, plus most porn is targeted at men. They do that to arose a man's natural disires and pervert them, to sleep with many or have "wild" emotions which will lead only to depression and shame. After the men have perverted their correct desires they do stupid things, since their mind is "poluted." One such consiquence is that they start abusing women to find what they think is good for them. Plus they pay big money for things they should not and think it will give them the pleasure as the pornsites promote. But it is all dirt. Those behaviours will only lead to desiases and very badly hurt feelings. Women just don't need sex. It is only for having children, and it is the only way it should be. In the past when Kings had many wifes they did that to increase the population and God allowed for that and kept it under conrol in those cities that He allowed. Other nations did not want to listen to God and so they perverted them selves and payed the price dearly. One man one woman, is the way it should be now, since there are just to many people on Earth and they are climbing and that is why so many people die now. Not enough food for all of them. Verry sad, and depressing. It is a good step that China took because less people will do what is wrong. America should follow suit and the rest of the countries also. Pornography is just wrong!!! Wrong desires. I don't say this because I want to make money or get rich off of this or have fame or something. I just want to warn people about the dangers of wrong behaviour. So belive it or not this is the truth and the way this world should be. We will all live healthyer and longer if we all heed Bibles commandments. God knew this would happen and he warned us, those who are going to listen will live a happy and fruitfull life, but those who don't will die in one form or another - desisases, suicides, and murder. Keep your head streight, and do what is good only. Porn should be banned from everywhere!

About censorship: It is all or nothing. Otherwise there will be always more and more censorship as you go.

To FloKid: I hope you are ironic. otherwise -->
Lol, You americans are so religius it's funny!
You screen violence on the tv but are afraid of little bit of luv'in!

You need to stop looking at your self and look at the rest of the world. Open you eyes and see that religon is a THE tool for war and
stupid contradiction's. Then you say i "belive" -In what, a stupid lie?

Thear are no god and when you die you will become dirt. Not become a sole that flote's to heaven, omg : )

./Anders

doesn't make sense...
if successful, chinese citizens won't be able to search porn on google. what about other search engines? or is it only in google that allows chinese characters/language?
yet, still a futile attempt since younger and savvy chinese can get around it easily.

@ FloKid : I don't know about everyone in that business, but I know that quite a few of the actors & actresses in modern countries are making a rather nice living from their chosen profession. They chose it for a number of different reasons, but certainly not all of them being that they were poor to begin with. There are people who use it to help fund an education or similar. Though it isn't unheard of, I think the people being forced into the job are few. At least in a modern industrial country.
As for what is disgusting and what is not - that is something that differs from person to person. I find many things disgusting that other people do not. You seem no different in that regard.
As for the god part. Well it's certainly good that some people believe in that. Personally I don't believe in any of the religions I've been aquaninted with, but I suppose if you need divine guidiance to get thru your everyday life, it isn't a bad thing to actually believe in it.

"I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting. But it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously." Douglas Adams

whoa, FloKid... i won't prevent you from writing your philosophies here since you're a still a kid but just want to say that you should learn and read more since not all that has been taught to us entirely true or correct though i agree with you that a lot of porn being misleading, making sex seem better than it is, to entertain and produce money.

Wow, wouldn't it be amazing if China was this successful at supporting copyright protection. Oh, no wait they have federally run factories based on that.
So I guess its not cool to lust but thievery is no big thing.

Personally this article was a let down.....I thought it was like Google saying, fine, you pissed us off, and we are cutting you off (from porn) - enjoy. Definitely work on titles, they have been misleading the last few weeks.

If China wants to be taken seriously, they have to act like grown ups in the international community. (and grownups watch porn ) But really, I agree with what was said about the copyright "policy" they have there, if they want no one to like them, they are going about it very well.

hey ! why put yui photo ontop of this ? she's a singer and actress not a porn star ok ......

Must suck to live in China.

oh yeah, cause porn is the cause for every evil thing said or done in the world While I do not believe in censorship in way shape or form, I still can think of much better things to censor of I was to go this route. Either way censorship always fails sooner or later. You can not keep out the truth or anything else for that matter from people forever. They will find a way.

cuz she has a nice rack and the looks of a proper whackitrix!

If google.cn doesn'twork for them they're always welcome to try google.com, google.de, google.ru, or other google sites that do send p*rn!

It's funny that in a state where the iron regime is so strong, people would still dare to risk their lives (their jobs, ..) to watch nacked chicks!
The Chinese aren't that different of the rest of the world after all!

Well if you guys think that getting fake love is ok then I can't change your mind. If you watch porn you'll miss out on real things, that a wife and a husband can enjoy basically for free. Money is not the most important thing in life, especially if you have to disgrace yourself. I can add that for those who do not believe in God there is even a scripture in the Bible that says "a fool said that there is no God". I would like to think that people will eventually believe, but atheism is also a for of faith, it's just pure logic. No one knows if there is a God or not for sure, that is why it's called faith, and atheism can not be proven scientifically for sure either, so it's a form of faith. But the way living things work in nature is very indicative of creation, by evolution or otherwise. You make the choice and you reap the consequences, either good or bad. Porn is not right, and is fake no matter what you think.

@FloKid: It is very interesting how you've made the connection that "porn (fake love) = No real life (husband and wife genuine love)". I've been on forums where males who have a wife who just gave birth to a baby watch porn. Of course in strict terms porn is bad but you have also made a point that women don't have the sex drive that men does so here's my question to you:

If you wanted sex but you didn't want to have a kid and women (as you've said) only wanted to have sex for a child. What would you do?

I would also like to add that there are women out there who enjoy sex (yes, if you haven't noticed, they are human beings too). In fact, both women are men are actually very close. The only 2 differences that we have are the hormone levels of testosterone and estrogen and that one has testicles while the other has ovaries. According to Wired magazine: The brain map of a women when she is totally turned on is exactly the same as a man during sexual intercourse. What does that tell you?

Everything has a positive side and a negative. Nothing is totally correct. I admit that porn can create perverted thoughts and can be a bad thing but it can also be good. There is no doubt that porn in general are done by poor girls/women who needed money but there are also girls who do it because they wanted money to buy their Gucci bags which means they didn't have to do such a thing but they were doing it willingly. Some women (especially American porn stars) do it because they simply enjoy sex (at least they say so).

I think speaking on behalf of women isn't a smart thing to do. Just because girls don't come out in the public saying "we love sex" doesn't mean they don't want it.

Sex used to be for child bearing and that is because we as the human race were focused for survival purposes. I am not saying that we don't work anymore for our survival but with the technology we have today, we don't need to work as hard and the demands of both sexes have changed.

I would also like you to quote the scripture which says "a fool said that there is no god" because I didn't recall any when I was a Christian.

Christians love to make claims about how god is everywhere and that creation is "evident", yet they are unable to prove it scientifically. If it is this "evident" then why can't we prove it indefinitely? Why is there still a debate after 2000 years?

I ask all the time "how do you know god helped you?" and all of them will just tell me "you have to believe". How can I believe in something that I cannot assure myself 100% that it is that thing and that it didn't happen by coincidence or fate?

One really ironic thing is that the Bible started in the Middle East and went to the West which dominated Europe and America and yet America is the country which Porn is flourishing the most in. What happened to the land of the Christians?

Because China does not want to end up like a country run by wankers, perverts, gays, paedophiles, rapists, cuckolds, Fritzls and Condits otherwise it will have no money to buy US treasuries and Bonds.

Why parents over the government?
A single person can easily fuck up a child with their unintelligent views, but China seems to actually be advancing their country quite well...
I'm not for censorship, but I realize in some situations, it's required. Why? I go to 4chan one day, and find a series of pictures of someone burning their living cat with lighter fluid in a fishtank... To me, that's going too far...
I also know that the american site banlist mainly consists of pornographic content involving minors... Government is trying to protect the people.

We have governments for a reason. I believe we aren't to give them 100% control or to trust them completely, but regardless, I trust my government to do what's needed when the time comes.

I think Google should stand up for themselves, and just shut down the entire China operation. Close down Google China and basically screw up the internet for China as they know it. China can ask Jeeves for their answers...or they can try to Bing! stuff if they want.