Google.cn to undergo a possible closure.
China is open to business is the statement
being made by China's Foreign Ministry
spokeswoman Jiang Yu on Thursday. This statement
came two days after the internet search giant
Google announced it might be pulling out of
China due to censorship.
This would mean Google closing offices in China,
and bringing to end its Goolge.cn operation,
which caters to an online internet market of 360
million.
China web censorship dubbed the "Great Firewall
of China" blocks content such as political
objection, pornography etcetera. Google clearly
would have known this on going into in 2006, and
it would have been interesting to know what has
changed.
If Google were to secure a deal with the Chinese
at this juncture without having to pull out of
entirely, this could mean that its approximately
33% share of the search engine market in China
could rise. Chinese having seen the extent
Google will go to in order to to protect
freedoms might gravitate to a search engine it
can trust.
China's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu
also said "China welcomes international Internet
companies to conduct business within the country
according to law,". "China's law prohibits cyber
crimes including hacker attacks."
This was possibly in reply to Google's claims of
it being hacked. Google is expected to hold
talks with the government of China with regards
to operating an unfiltered search engine within
the gamut of the laws of China.
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