I am proud of the Google, but the skeptic in me says:<p>Google knows that it is not in a leading position in China and has been losing market share there. The fight there is probably not a fair one(but where is it a fair one?).<p><a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Drops-in-Market-Share-in-China-122465.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Drops-in-Market-Share-...</a><p>Thus they can make a strong, positive statement that the rest of the market will applaud, while not really losing that much(although 12% of China is still quite a bit).