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The company also opened international offices in Australia, India, Japan, Korea, Sao Paulo, Mexico City, Belgium, Denmark, Copehagen, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and many other countries around the world.
The company also opened international offices in Australia, India, Japan, Korea, Sao Paulo, Mexico City, Belgium, Denmark, Copehagen, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and many other countries around the world.
===Google China Local Domain===
===Google China===
Dr. [[Kaifu Lee]] joined Google as head of the Chinese R&D Center. [[Microsoft]] filed a suit against Dr. Lee and Google, arguing that they violated the one year non-compete agreement on his contract with the company. <ref>[http://articles.sfgate.com/2005-09-13/business/17391707_1_kai-fu-lee-noncompete-agreement-google sfgate.com]</ref> Microsoft and Google arrived at a settlement agreement over Dr. Lee's hiring in December of the same year.<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/2100-1014_3-6006342.html CNET]</ref>
Google.cn, a local domain version of Google in China was launched in 2006 with some government restrictions. There, Google.com is down 10% most of the time, and Google news is never available. The Chinese government has been blocking and re-directing users searches to other websites.<ref>[http://www.pcworld.com/article/104813/china_hijacks_googles_domain_name.html pcworld.com]</ref>
Google.cn, a local domain version of Google in China was launched in 2006 with some government restrictions. There, Google.com is down 10% most of the time, and Google news is never available. The Chinese government has been blocking and re-directing users searches to other websites.<ref>[http://www.pcworld.com/article/104813/china_hijacks_googles_domain_name.html pcworld.com]</ref>