[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 54-55]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                GOOGLE'S INTENTION TO PULL OUT OF CHINA

  (Mr. WOLF asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WOLF. Madam Speaker, I rise today to voice my strong support of 
Google's intention to consider pulling out of China due to a ``highly 
sophisticated and targeted attack'' on its corporate infrastructure and 
email service. Google is making a principled stand reminiscent of the 
companies that pulled out of apartheid South Africa and fascist 
Germany.
  The Washington Post reported today that Google said it has evidence 
that a primary goal of the attackers was accessing the gmail accounts 
of Chinese human rights activists. They found that the gmail accounts 
of literally dozens of brave human rights advocates ``appear to have 
been routinely accessed by third parties.''
  This is unconscionable but is not surprising given China's long 
history of cracking down on free speech, human rights, and religious 
freedom. China is regressing. They are increasingly brazen in their 
human rights abuses.
  This principled stand on the part of Google will surely give hope to 
the millions of Chinese people who yearn for freedom and who cry out 
for basic human rights.

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