They stopped the redirect[1] and now just show a link to Google Hong Kong.
They also removed the warning that the user's search results were being filtered [2].
To the best of my knowledge, the current status:
User visits Google China - http://google.cn
- This is a hyperlink to Google Hong Kong on the front page
- IF user searches via Google.cn, the search results will be filtered by China not self-censored by Google. They will NOT be presented with a warning anymore.
- IF user searches via Google.hk, from mainland china, the same thing will happen and the results will still be filtered. [3]
At this point, I don't believe the link to .hk Google serves as much use as it does a political statement.
I agree, I think their original stance, showing results and noting where they had to filter, was much better. But if that makes them a target, and can reverse and good they think they are doing if they are hacked by China and any identifying information (correlation with the Great Firewall seems likely) is found, I can see their reasoning. If you truly want to do the right thing, is making yourself a target that makes the situation worse the right way to go about it? It's a complex situation, and there's probably lots of information that we aren't privy to. At least it got press and there was some awareness.
They also removed the warning that the user's search results were being filtered [2].
To the best of my knowledge, the current status: User visits Google China - http://google.cn - This is a hyperlink to Google Hong Kong on the front page - IF user searches via Google.cn, the search results will be filtered by China not self-censored by Google. They will NOT be presented with a warning anymore. - IF user searches via Google.hk, from mainland china, the same thing will happen and the results will still be filtered. [3]
At this point, I don't believe the link to .hk Google serves as much use as it does a political statement.
[1] "Google stops Hong Kong auto-redirect as China plays hardball" http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/06/google-tweak...
[2] "Google's dropped anti-censorship warning marks quiet defeat in China" http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jan/04/google-def...
[3] "China censors searches on Google's Hong Kong-based search engine" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03...