It's a no-win situation
The row between the central government and Google, the most popular and powerful online search engine in the world, remains unresolved.
No one is going to benefit if the stalemate continues.
Google said it would no longer bow to government censors in Beijing by filtering search results. It shut down its Chinese search engine, re-routing mainland users to its site in Hong Kong.
Google will lose a lot of money if it pulls out from China. Although the search giant refuses to give in, insisting that it serves as a platform for everyone to express their views, it cannot afford the loss.
The responsibility does not lie with China either. It's Google which compromised its principles by accepting censorship in return for access to the mainland's vast market in 2006.
