internet - Google sets up shop in China - interfax

The Russian newswire Interfax discloses that Google has optained green light for an office in China, possibly Shanghai. Google has already a rather rocky history in the mainland, although it was only virtually present and had to operate from Hong Kong. Three years ago the search engine was blocked for weeks by the internet censors. Last year Google News was blamed for blocking part of the internet for Chinese users by no including blocked sources on its news searches. It also participated in the Chinese search engine Baidu.
Interfax quotes the 21th Century Business Herald saying that the former COO of Sohu.com Victor Koo has been hired to head the China-operation. Google is expected to become Baidu's largest competitor.

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