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On this day 103 years ago, Mexican painter Frida Kahlo was born. Google has crafted a tribute for Kahlo on their homepage in the form of a redesigned “Google” header image. Hovering over the image will yield a message containing these words: “Happy Birthday Frida Kahlo.”

Kahlo’s full name was Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kaylo y Calderó, and she was born in Coyoacán, Mexico. Many people remember Frida Kahlo as a passionate folk artist who excelled in conveying pain and intensity in her work.

Generally speaking, Kahlo was a surrealist painter who was made famous mainly through her self-portraits, which characterize over half of her portfolio. Not surprisingly, many people hail Kahlo’s work as an accurate portrayal of Mexican culture during her time.

Frida Kahlo was married to Diego Rivera, another famous artist in Mexico. Their relationship was heavily publicized as being rocky and tumultuous, but no one doubts that the two deeply loved and cared for one another during their time together.

Kahlo died only a few days after she turned 47 years old on July 13, 1954. Her work and biography can be found in museums all over the world, including the Frida Kahlo museum in her home town of Coyoacán, Mexico, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, New York, to name a few.

Following on from the censorship issues in China, Google has announced that they are going to be taking a new approach to expanding in one of the biggest business opportunities in the world.

Google had a public disagreement with Chinese authorities regarding the blockage of some content that appeared in search results, with the operator redirecting Chinese citizens to an uncensored Hong Kong site in protest. However, the company has now announced that those who wish to use the service in the country will have to click through a preliminary page in order to access the uncensored service.

There are fears amongst Google shareholders that this could damage the opportunity for the company to get involved with the lucrative Chinese market – which has hundreds of millions of users. It is likely the Government will not respond lightly to the acute difference in Google’s approach, and some of the options they have include revoking Google’s license to operate.

The ethical decision which Google has made against China’s politics could cost them dearly. With $600 million of sales being projected for the Chinese markets, the dispute has affected this potential dearly – and this has meant that the company could have lost a fiftieth of the trade which they could have expected otherwise. They have also lost lucrative deals of advertising with other influential companies in the state.