Today Google threatened to pull out of China after suffering from repeated attacks that originated in China.  It seems that Chinese hackers have been trying to hack the email accounts of Chinese human rights activists.   Google is contemplating closing the doors on its China based operations altogether.   It appears the attacks were orchestrated by the Chinese government.

“I think that with the increasing demands that were being placed on Google vis-à-vis censorship combined with these very troubling cyberattacks, Google reached a tipping point,” said Leslie Harris, president of the Center for Democracy and Technology, an advocacy group based in Washington, D.C. “It is a principled decision.”