Searching for Internet Freedom in China: A Case Study on Google`s China Experience

Abstract

The article presents a case study on China`s internet governance policies. It provides information that Google Inc., the U.S. internet service provider, had launched Google.cn, a Chinese search engine, in 2006 but Chinese government disapproved its search results. It reveals that such policies had affected Google`s business so much that it has terminated its physical search-engine operations in China. It discusses several strategies that can be used by Internet related companies, national governments, and non-governmental organizations to solve such accountability crises. It depicts that the research has been based on a classic single case approach.