According to the Reg, China has bought a controlling stake in Google.

The People’s Republic of China has acquired a controlling stake in the United States’ fastest growing technology company, Google.



Google announced the transfer of 140m shares of Class B stock to a new entity owned by the Chinese Ministry of Information in typically forthright style.

Also, it’s the first of April. Happy April fools’ everyone (don’t believe anything you read today).

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