'Google hacking ordered by a top Chinese leader'

[Sidhu...Sidhaarth Roy]

Beijing/Berlin, Dec 5: The "politically-inspired" hacking of the US-based Google that forced it to withdraw from China earlier this year was orchestrated by a top leader of the ruling Communist party after he found internet search results critical of him, according to leaked American cables.

The latest round of WikiLeaks disclosures published by the UK's 'Guardian' newspaper claimed that Li Changchun, who is ranked fifth in the Chinese Communist Party politburo, became hostile to Google after he searched his own name and found articles criticising him