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BEIJING (Reuters) - Google Inc will not be treated as an exception to China's demand foreign companies obey its laws, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, a week after the world's largest search engine warned it could pull out of China.
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Google said last week it and other companies were targets of sophisticated cyber-spying from China that also went after Chinese dissidents. It also said it no longer wants to censor its Chinese Google.cn search site and wants talks with Beijing about offering a legal, unfiltered Chinese site.
The Internet dispute could stoke tensions between China and the United States, already at odds over the value of the yuan currency, trade quarrels, U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and climate change policy.
Chinese officials have so far publicly fended off Google's complaints and not openly flagged any talks with the world's biggest Internet search company, which opened its Chinese-language search site in 2006.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu pressed the company a little more on Tuesday in comments that suggested scant room for giving way to Google's demands.
"Foreign firms in China should respect China's laws and regulations, and respect China's public customs and traditions, and assume the corresponding social responsibilities, and of course Google is no exception," Ma told a regular briefing.
Ma did not mention censorship as being among those responsibilities, but other Chinese officials have.
Until now, the Foreign Ministry has avoided mentioning Google's name in comments on the dispute that has also drawn Washington into demanding an explanation from Beijing.
But Ma, like other Chinese officials, avoided directly hitting back at the U.S.
When asked again about Google's complaint that it had been hacked from within China, Ma said Chinese companies have also been hacked.
"China is the biggest victim of hacking," Ma said, adding that eight out of 10 personal computers in China connected to the Internet had been hacked. This figure apparently included many computers infected with viruses spread online.
Other countries are also being drawn into the dispute.
India's national security adviser M.K. Narayanan told the London-based Times newspaper on Tuesday that his and other Indian government offices had been the target of hacker attacks originating from China on December 15, coinciding with attacks on Google and the other firms.
"There is no basis at all for this claim," Ma said.
Indian commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma declined to comment on the report.
He said he had not brought up the issue with China's Commerce Minister when they met in Beijing on Tuesday.
(Reporting by Ben Blanchard and Chris Buckley; Writing by Lucy Hornby; Editing by Ken Wills and Paul Tait)
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Jan 19, 2010
Though I love Google. this move of theirs is stupid. If they truly leave, they will be abandoning a huge potential market where they have a really good position. If they stay, their image will be discounted a lot by both Chinese people and government. Politics is politics, business is business. If Google is really pissed, it should have already left China by now. Trying negotiate wont success.
CNP
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Jan 19, 2010
Google is not leaving china…who would bidu copy if not google. Google is the greatest and I believe will always remain a giant in search all around the globe.
MBANAN
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Jan 19, 2010
Well considering the size of Google, it is surprising to see them throwing their weight around for a good cause, namely freedom of speech. Most people don’t realize this but Google is as much a political entity as any other large international business, meaning they do what is in their interest.
Plus this whole thing makes for good publicity and you need to work on grammar.
PITTmrm62
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Jan 19, 2010
Thanks pittman, but i am taking a English Exam, and like to not be so anal and proper all the time…
MBANAN
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Jan 19, 2010
Its true that all companies have to respect the local law but China is not commenting anything on sophisticated cyber-attacks??? In fact local laws should protect the companies against these unethical Cyber attacks. Though China may be a huge potential market for Google then again any comapny has to choose between ethics & business.Freedom of speech/information is the basic right for a human being and I believe we need companies which do buisness on ethical ground or ehtical buisness.
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Jan 19, 2010
The Chinese are control freaks, and want to be able to control their people’ s search, cause they re afraid that a international company like Google may become too dominant and cause them problems. This has nothing to do with Cyber Attacks. Would they really make everything public? HELL NO!
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Jan 19, 2010
Google and Baidu are quite different, I think the reasons that Baidu has more than 60% market are that:
1. It set foot in China earlier, starter advantage.
2. It has more entertainment elements rather than pure searh engine.
3. It follow the Chinese gov, in return it receives support from the gov.
My assumption for this google thing is that Google will lose really miserably. However large it is, it is just a corporation. Not gov.
CNP
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Really everyone wants to throw the topic about freedom of speech into this. I’m really tired of that topic. The FACTs are:
Chinese gov is highly unlikely to give GOOGLE anything in a negotiation as it can not be challenged by GOOGLE.
No more other foreign firm currently supports GOOGLE, MS and HP said GOOGLE’s move is unwise.
Most countries’ law forbib cyber-attacks, robberies, stealing, but they still happen. Its an issue but not an incredible issue.
Google really made a bad move, even with American gov’s support, I wont suppose the negotiation go anywhere. Chinese gov is already pissed off at recent American trade barriers and selling weapon to TW and possible meeting with Dalai in Feb. Google couldnt have picked a worse time to do this whole thing.
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I don’t think its a bad move from Google. Infact I would suggest more International companies should follow the same move that Google did. If no one will challenge then it means we are accepting in a way that cyber-attacks, robberies, stealing are normal. Though there may be some risks/losses but I believe collective efforts from all companies will bring the results.
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