Summary Box: Google gets to stay in China with concession that could curb revenue growth

Summary Box: Latest twist in Google’s China dance

STILL IN CHINA: Google’s website in China is keeping its Internet license after the company relented to regulators and stopped automatically sending search requests to Hong Kong, where the same online censorship rules don’t apply.

THE CONCESSION: Mainland China users now need to make an extra click on Google.cn before they are transferred to the Hong Kong search engine.

THE COST: The additional click could diminish Google.cn’s traffic and drive Web surfers to more convenient options. That could result in less ad revenue for Google.