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US to serve demarche to China on Google
16 Jan 2010, 0654 hrs
WASHINGTON: Observing that China needs to explain about internet freedom, the Obama Administration today said it would serve a formal demarche to the Chinese Government over the spat with Google.
The internet search engine has alleged Chinese attempts to "limit free speech on the Web", and threatened to stop cooperating with Chinese internet censorship and consider shutting down its operations in China.
"We need to hear now from the Chinese," White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said. "It touches on things that are very important to us: Internet freedom, network security and human rights," he said.
BEIJING: China tried on Friday to keep its censorship row with Google from damaging business confidence or ties with Washington, promising good conditions for foreign investors.
"China will still strictly adopt a policy of openness and offer a good investment environment," Yao said. "We emphasize that foreign companies including Google should all follow international standards and respect local law and regulations and local culture and customs to shoulder social responsibility."
The loss of such a high-profile company would be an embarrassment to communist leaders, who want to make China a technology leader. But the ruling party sees control over information as critical to maintaining its monopoly on power.
If a compromise isn't worked out within the next few weeks, the company intends to shut down Google.cn and pull out of China. Rubin said Google hasn't set a deadline for breaking the impasse.
16 Jan 2010, 0654 hrs
WASHINGTON: Observing that China needs to explain about internet freedom, the Obama Administration today said it would serve a formal demarche to the Chinese Government over the spat with Google.
The internet search engine has alleged Chinese attempts to "limit free speech on the Web", and threatened to stop cooperating with Chinese internet censorship and consider shutting down its operations in China.
"We need to hear now from the Chinese," White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said. "It touches on things that are very important to us: Internet freedom, network security and human rights," he said.
BEIJING: China tried on Friday to keep its censorship row with Google from damaging business confidence or ties with Washington, promising good conditions for foreign investors.
"China will still strictly adopt a policy of openness and offer a good investment environment," Yao said. "We emphasize that foreign companies including Google should all follow international standards and respect local law and regulations and local culture and customs to shoulder social responsibility."
The loss of such a high-profile company would be an embarrassment to communist leaders, who want to make China a technology leader. But the ruling party sees control over information as critical to maintaining its monopoly on power.
If a compromise isn't worked out within the next few weeks, the company intends to shut down Google.cn and pull out of China. Rubin said Google hasn't set a deadline for breaking the impasse.
