谷歌(Google Inc.)称，该公司已关闭中国境内受审查的网络搜索服务，内地用户在使用谷歌搜索(Google Search)、谷歌新闻(Google News)和谷歌图片(Google Images)服务时将被自动导向未经审查的谷歌香港页面。
　　Google Inc. (GOOG) Monday said it shut down its censored Web-search services in China, routing users to uncensored versions of Google Search, Google News and Google Images hosted in Hong Kong.

　　谷歌发言人说公司不会撤出中国，将继续为中国的互联网用户提供未经审查的谷歌地图(Google Maps)等服务。该发言人称，谷歌将保留在中国的销售和研发业务。
　　A Google spokesman said the company isn't pulling out of China and will continue to operate uncensored services, such as Google Maps, for Chinese Internet users. Google will keep its sales and research development operations in China, the spokesman said.

　　不过，即便谷歌自称已为其与中国政府在网络审查问题上的争执找到了合法且切合实际的解决途径，但一些观察人士对中国政府能否容忍谷歌此举表示怀疑。
　　But even as Google claimed to have found a legal and 'sensible' solution to its censorship dispute with China, several observers questioned whether Chinese authorities would abide by the company's move.

　　此次谷歌也是在公司博客中发布了这一消息，公司称之所以做此决定，是因为中国政府已在双方磋商中明确表示网络审查是一个不容讨论的法律要求。
　　Google also announced the news in a blog post, in which it said it made the move after the 'Chinese government has been crystal clear throughout our discussions that self-censorship is a non-negotiable legal requirement.'

　　公告称谷歌相信这是个“切合实际的决定”，但也表示公司很清楚该决定可能在任何时候致使用户无法接入其服务。
　　The post said Google believes the move is a 'sensible decision,' but said Google is 'well aware that it could at any time block access to our services.'

　　一位谷歌高管拒绝就中国政府是否已批准这一决定发表评论。
　　A Google official declined to comment on whether Chinese authorities had sanctioned the move.

　　哈佛法学院(Harvard Law School)互联网问题学者约翰•帕尔弗里(John Palfrey)说，如果这个解决办法能够得以实施，那么倒不失为一步高棋，但是我认为中国政府不会放任谷歌这么做。
　　'This is an elegant solution if it were to hold, but I'm not convinced China will allow this to continue,' said John Palfrey, an Internet scholar at Harvard Law School.

　　帕尔弗里说，我认为中国政府被谷歌惹恼后可能做的第一件事就是阻止谷歌香港网站的接入。
　　'The first thing that the Chinese government could do when it is angered by Google is to block traffic to that Hong Kong site,' he said.