Google's Short History in China

September 2000 -- Google starts offering a Chinese-language version of its search engine.

July 2005 -- Google appoints former Microsoft executive Lee Kai-Fu as head of Google's China operations.

January 2006 -- Google launches Google.cn under the supervision of the Chinese government.

April 2006 -- Google unveils its Chinese name "Guge," marking the official entry to the China market.

June 2009 – The Chinese government criticizes Google for allowing Google.cn to display pornography search results. Several Google services are blocked.

September 2009 -- Lee Kai-Fu leaves Google China to start his own company.

October 2009 -- Some Chinese authors say they are considering legal action over alleged copyright infringements by Google in the company's book-scanning project.

January 2010 -- Google announces the end of censored search results on Google.cn and considers a pullout from China.