Google China chief resigns

Google’s greater China president has resigned, calling into question the firm’s future on the mainland, South China Morning Post reported, citing a Monday announcement from Google. John Liu Yun stepped into the position in 2008, taking over after Lee Kai-fu resigned in 2009. Liu oversaw the movement of Google’s search service from the mainland to Hong Kong after it accused China’s central government of hacking its servers. Since then, Google’s share of the search market has plummeted from more than 30% to less than 2%, and has struggled to capitalize on its Android operating system, despite its widespread popularity.