Google was accused Sunday of playing politics by suggesting the Chinese government supported hacker attacks on the website and by trying to export its own culture, values and ideas.
A commentary run by the official Xinhua News Agency concluded that it “is unfair for Google to impose its own value and yardsticks on internet regulation in [...]
Censorship of Google searches in China could stop within weeks, but the company is unlikely to leave the country entirely.
“There will be a way for Google to not pull out 100%,” one source said, noting that the company could reach agreements with different Chinese agencies on an individual basis, allowing it [...]
The US is considering legally challenging China over internet restrictions imposed on Google and other American companies.
But US Trade Representative Ron Kirk said that while a case challenging China over censorship was a viable option, a dialogue with Beijing was more likely to obtain positive results.
US trade officials are “trying to make our own determination [...]
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology won’t limit the use of Google’s Android mobile operating system by domestic operators.
“As long as it complies with Chinese laws and regulations, and as long as it has good cooperation with operators … their use of the system won’t be limited,” [...]
Google CEO Eric Schmidt said the company wishes to remain in China but will make changes to its policy of censoring search results in a “reasonably short time.”
Schmidt said Google is in conversation with the government about the decision but as of today Google’s business in China remains unchanged.
Last week Google threatened to [...]
China responded to Google’s threat to leave the country over censorship and hacking concerns by describing its internet policy as “open” and stressing that foreign web companies were welcome to do business “in accordance with the law.”
However, the US government followed up with a strong endorsement of Google’s plan to stop censoring its search engine [...]
Google-owned video-sharing site YouTube has been blocked in China. A YouTube spokesman told the paper that it had not been contacted by the Chinese government and was working to restore the service. The most recent YouTube ban coincided with the release of a video allegedly showing Chinese forces beating Tibetans during protests that occurred last [...]
Despite promises to expand press freedom in exchange for hosting the Olympics, China has resumed blocking certain foreign Chinese-language news web sites. The Chinese websites of Voice of America, BBC, and Hong Kong-based Ming Pao and Asiaweek have been inaccessible from the mainland China since early December, according to Reporters Without Borders, a press rights [...]
