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Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, on April 23, 2025.
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Google on Friday denied widely circulating online claims that it would fully restore its services in Chinese mainland this fall, quashing speculation that its search engine, Gmail, YouTube and other platforms were about to return after a 15 year absence.
A screenshot purporting showing an official Google China announcement spread on Chinese social media, claiming that “from Sept. 1, 2025, Google is authorized to fully resume services in Chinese mainland” via the domain google.cn. It suggested that users would once again have direct access to Google Search, Gmail, YouTube, Google Play and Google Drive.
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- Google denied rumors of fully restoring its services in mainland China, confirming a viral announcement as fake.
- Google exited China's consumer market in 2010 but still offers enterprise and developer services; Android is widely used, but without Google apps.
- In 2025, China opened an antitrust investigation into Google; other US firms like LinkedIn and Airbnb have also scaled back operations in China.
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Who’s Who
- Google has denied claims of fully restoring its services in mainland China, stating a circulating screenshot announcing their return is fake. After launching services in China in 2000 and the google.cn site in 2006, Google stopped censoring results and redirected traffic to its Hong Kong site by 2010. Currently, Google maintains enterprise-facing operations in China, including advertising, cloud computing, and developer outreach, while its Android OS is still used by Chinese smartphone makers.
- Xiaomi
- The article mentions Xiaomi as one of the Chinese smartphone makers that widely uses Google's Android operating system. However, most Xiaomi handsets in China do not come pre-installed with Google services like the Play Store.
- Vivo
- Vivo is a Chinese smartphone manufacturer that utilizes Google's Android operating system. However, like most handsets in China, Vivo phones are not pre-installed with Google services such as the Play Store due to Google's exit from the Chinese consumer market in 2010.
- LinkedIn, a major U.S. tech firm, ceased its localized job search app in China in August 2023. This marked the end of nine years of consumer-facing services for the company in the region. LinkedIn laid off 174 staff as it consolidated its China business operations.
- Airbnb
- Airbnb ceased supporting domestic listings, experiences, and bookings in China in May 2022. This decision allowed the company to concentrate solely on outbound travel from China.
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What Happened When
- 2000：
- Google launched its simplified and traditional Chinese search services.
- 2006：
- Google launched the google.cn site for mainland users.
- By early 2010：
- Google stopped censoring search results in China and began redirecting traffic to its Hong Kong site amid hacking incidents and disputes with Chinese authorities.
- May 2022：
- Airbnb announced it would suspend support for domestic listings, experiences and bookings in China to focus solely on outbound travel.
- August 2023：
- LinkedIn shut down its localized job search app in China, ending nine years of consumer facing services.
- February 2025：
- The State Administration for Market Regulation opened an antitrust investigation into Google over alleged violations of China’s Anti Monopoly Law.
- 2025：
- Google hosted developer events in China.
- August 1, 2025：
- Google denied online claims that it would restore its services in Chinese mainland.
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