Google has disabled its Google Translate service in China, removing one of the few services the U.S. tech giant had offered in the country, where the regime strictly controls the internet.
Chinese users trying to access the Google Translate app or website will see only a generic search bar and be redirected to Google’s Hong Kong page, which is not accessible from the mainland.
Google said on Oct. 3 that its translation feature was discontinued in China due to “low usage.” The translation feature built into the Google Chrome browser also no longer functions for users in China.
Google first entered China in 2006, but censorship rules hampered its relationship with the country. In 2010, Google pulled its search engine from the Chinese market as it refused to comply with Beijing’s censorship rules….