January 2010: It began when a series of sophisticated hacker attacks, appearing to originate from China, accessed the Gmail accounts of multiple Chinese human rights activists. After an investigation, Google "discovered that at least twenty other large companies from a wide range of businesses - including the Internet, finance, technology, media and chemical sectors". Obviously, these were not normal hacking incidents. In response, Google re-evaluated it's strategy in China, and even considered leaving..
March 2010: Shortly thereafter, negotiations between Google and the Chinese government broke down. Google stopped censoring it's .cn search results, instead directing visitors to the Hong Kong version.
June 2010: In an effort to keep their Internet license in China, Google changes their redirect system. Instead, some users see an image based redirect that goes to the .hk portal after clicking.
July 2010: Google remains in China and their licensed is renewed by Beijing (government). Visitors continue to be redirected to .hk unfiltered results.
August 2010: Google reports another "block in their services, raising questions whether the Chinese government was responsible. Google is currently uncertain as they continue investigating the issue.
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