China Criticizes Google for End to Self Censorship

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"BEIJING, March 23 (Reuters) - China on Tuesday condemned Google's decision to end self-censorship of its Chinese-language Google.cn search site and to redirect users to Google's Hong Kong search site not self-censored by the company"

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The Chinese government on Tuesday issued a statement that Google has ███████ ██████

An unnamed official from China's State Council Information Office said:

"Foreign companies operating in China must ███████ Chinese laws. Google has violated the written promise ███████ the Chinese market. It is totally wrong in halting ███████ filtering of its search provider and also making aspersions and accusations towards China about ███████. We firmly oppose ███████ and express our dissatisfaction and anger at Google Inc's unreasonable ███████."

The official noted that Google announced its complaints over China's ███████ on Jan 12.

The official said: "After repeated requests from Google, and to hear its real views face-to-face and demonstrate China's sincerity, on January 29 and February 25 of this year responsible officials from China's relevant authorities held talks with Google, and offered ███████."

The official said: "They stressed that ███████ in China should abide by Chinese laws, and if Google is willing to ███████. If Google insists on ███████ of its Chinese website, that is Google's own affair. But it must follow Chinese law and international custom, and responsibly ███████."

The official said: "The Chinese government encourages the development and spread of the ███████.

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