Summary Box: Google partially blocked in China, awaiting license decision
By APThursday, July 1, 2010
Summary Box: China partially blocks Google
THE NEWS: Google Inc. says one of its search features was blocked in China while Beijing decides whether to renew its operating license amid tensions over censorship. The company closed its China search engine in March and was rerouting users to an unfiltered Hong Kong site. Google says that will stop after the government objected.
THE STAKES: Without a license, Google says it would “go dark” in China, a setback to its efforts to tap the world’s most populous Internet market.
WHAT’S NEXT: The government’s main news agency says “there will be a result soon” but gave no time frame for deciding on the license.
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