Google Risks China Brain Drain

Technology companies in China have begun aggressively trying to poach talent from Google in the wake of its pledge to stop complying with Chinese government censorship rules, potentially complicating the Internet search giant's effort to continue operating in the country.

Headhunters and rival Internet executives say that uncertainty over Google's future in China has made engineers and other employees from the U.S. company's Chinese offices more receptive to their overtures. Those employees were previously much harder to woo away from Google because of staffers' loyalty to the company.