In March 2009 China blocked access to Google's YouTube site due to footage showing Chinese security forces beating Tibetans;[REF] access to other Google online services is denied to users arbitrarily.
On September 4, 2009, after four years leading Google China, Kai-Fu Lee unexpectedly left to start a venture fund, amid debate about the Chinese government's censorship policies and Google's decreasing share to rival Baidu and Soso.com [REF].