Pedestrians walk past the Google Inc. logo displayed outside the building housing the company's China headquarters in Beijing, China, on Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. Google Inc. reported higher traffic patterns on its sites in China after the company earlier said there was an unusual decline in the country, and an Internet monitor said company services were blocked there. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images
BEIJING - APRIL 12: A women polishes a dais before the Google global Chinese name launch on April 12, 2006 in Beijing, China. Google said it has adopted the Chinese-language brand name "Gu Ge" for its Chinese operations, with Google chief executive Eric Schmidt saying the new name demonstrated Google's commitment to China. (Photo by Guang Niu/Getty Images)
A Chinese flag blows in the wind in front of Google Inc.'s offices in Beijing, China, on Thursday, June 2, 2011. Google Inc., owner of the world's most popular search engine, said hackers tried to steal passwords from hundreds of Gmail users, targeting the accounts of government officials in the U.S. and Asia. Photographer: Keith Bedford/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Activists unfurl a banner supporting Google Inc. in a shopping district of Hong Kong, China, on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. Google Inc.'s threat to pull out of China is the most visible reflection of U.S. companies' growing disillusionment with the country nine years after it joined the World Trade Organization, business groups said. The banner reads: "Say no to internet censorship. Well done Google." Photographer: Jerome Favre/Bloomberg via Getty Images
XIAN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 20: (CHINA OUT) An etiquette girl is reflected on a big screen at the Google's 2008 Xian winter marketing forum on November 20, 2008 in Xian of Shaanxi Province, China. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)
