A Chinese government spokesman said yesterday that Google must comply with Chinese policies even if it closes its China operations.
“On entering the Chinese market in 2007, [Google] clearly stated it would respect Chinese law,” said Yao Jian of the Ministry of Commerce. “If Google pulls out, it must [...]
Google is likely to take action to close the main portion of its China operation within weeks, according to an anonymous source familiar with the situation.
The news follows the apparent failure of negotiations to allow Google.cn to both remain in China and stop censoring search results.
Last Friday Li Yizhong, minister [...]
A Beijing court has ordered two Chinese kettle manufacturers to pay US$1.3 million (RMB9.1 million) in damages to a UK company over patent infringements.
The No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court ruled that Zhejiang Jiatai Electrical Appliance Manufacture and Leqing FaDa Electrical Appliance had sold electric kettle controls based on technology developed [...]
In a major setback for record companies’ intellectual property rights, China’s largest internet search engine Baidu, as well as smaller Sogou, have been cleared of internet piracy charges by a Beijing court.
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) estimates that 99% of music in China is now downloaded from the [...]
A Beijing court has ruled in favor of search engine Baidu in a piracy dispute with Universal Music, Sony BMG Music Entertainment Hong Kong and Warner Music Hong Kong.
The Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court cleared both Baidu and portal Sohu, saying they had done no wrong in linking in search [...]
Motorola announced yesterday that it will allow mainland users of its Google Android smart phones to opt for Baidu’s search engine instead of Google.
“Users will be able to select their search experience from a number of providers, including Baidu and others, with whom Motorola has signed strategic agreements,” Motorola said in [...]
China’s domestic web search giant Baidu is suing its domain name registration service provider for negligence. Baidu is seeking damages from Register.com following an attack on its website by a group named the Iranian Cyber Army who erected an Iranian flag on the search engine’s main page. The group appears to have mistaken Baidu for [...]
The chief technology officer of search engine Baidu has resigned for “personal reasons.”
Li Yinan’s resignation comes after the resignation of Chief Operating Officer Peng Ye on January 8, also said to be for personal reasons.
The resignations come as Baidu struggles to introduce a new online marketing system called Phoenix Nest, introduced after its previous system [...]
Chinese search engine Baidu announced plans to create a new independent online video company to provide licensed video content to Chinese internet users, according to a source familiar with the matter.
The source said that Baidu was cooperating with Providence Equity Partners, one of the investors in the US online video site Hulu, to establish a website [...]
US-based cable channel Discovery Communications and mainland search engine Baidu launched a Chinese-language website on Tuesday.
According to a joint announcement, Discovery will be the exclusive content provider to the website, Discovery.baidu.com, and Baidu will manage the site. The website will focus on science, technology, space, natural history, engineering, paleontology, archaeology, history and culture. The content [...]
