Google.com is Censored in China

In American culture, we have a fascination with Google.com the search engine that provides everything from a satellite view of your home to a personalized email account. In academia, professors as well as students all use the phrase "Google It" in reference to independent research of hard to find topics. From a personal experience, Google.com was a life saver during my Senior Research project on Rwanda. Yet many Chinese students and citizens may not be able to enjoy this luxury, due to the restrictions placed upon the company to omit controversial news stories. This is apart of the PRC governmental censorship of the internet under a variety of laws and regulations. This censorship is very strict, as a few friends who visited China this summer stated that certain news events were not available for them to view while visiting. I find that to be so fascinating being Democratic born and bred,that people can not access certain avenues of information based on the internet being censored. The internet is the most liberal source of information that I can fathom, it is a place where people are able to freely express themselves. Yet I view censorship on the internet from my American viewpoint, I wonder do many Chinese citizens view censorship the same? At one point the Associated Press reported that seven of the top ten searches on Google.com were blocked, using "Taiwan,"and "revolution."