Google says China talks continue, but pullout sign
Google says China talks continue, but pullout signs grow
Google says China talks continue, but pullout signs grow
(Reuters) - Google said on Monday it remained in talks withMetal halide lamp the Chinese government#x about censorship of its Chinese-language search portal, despite mounting signs the company could soon shut the site.
Google Inc, the world's biggest search engine, has been in a two-month standoff with Beijing over restrictions on the Internet and Google's claims that it and other companies were hit by hacking from within China.
The company's chief executive, Eric Schmidt, said last week he hoped to announce soon an outcome from talks with Chinese officials on offering an uncensored search engine in that country of 384 million Internet users.
Many experts have doubted China's ruling Communist Party would compromise on censorship, and on the weekend the Financial Times reported the talks had reached an impasse and Google was "99.9 percent" certain to shut its Chinese search engine, Google.cn.
"Our forecast has always remained firm that once Google announced Metal halide lampit would not accept censorship, then it was nearly impossible to imagine a scenario either where Google didn't act on that or the government accepted their position," Mark Natkin, managing director of Marbridge Consulting, told Reuters.
Marbridge Consulting is a Beijing-based company that advises on China's IT and telecommunications sectors.
A Google spokesperson said on Monday talks with Chinese authorities had not ended, but added that the company was adamant about not accepting self-censorship.
"We've been very clear that we are no longer going to self-censor our search results,google优化," the spokesperson told Reuters. The spokesperson commented on condition of anonymity, citing company policy.
"We are in active discussions with the Chinese government, but we are not going to engage in a running commentary about those conversations," said the spokesperson.
Foreign news reports and China's own state-run media, however, have reflected growing signs that Google could soon acknowledge that its effort to free upMetal halide lamp its Chinese website #xfaces a deadlock and the company will prepare to shut it down.
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