Google plans return to China with censored search engine

Reported project would mark major shift after 8-year absence

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Google entered China in 2000 and left in 2010. Its main search engine as well as its YouTube platform is blocked there.

Nikkei staff writers

NEW YORK -- Google is reportedly creating a censored version of its search engine for China, reversing course after exiting the country eight years ago in protest against its restrictions on information.

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