A little over a week after its expiration, the license of Google in China has been renewed, said Friday the U.S. Internet giant. "We are delighted to have received the annual renewal of the license and can continue to provide products and services to our users," said David Drummond, the official blog of the group.
The renewed the license comes after a period of uncertainty and a long standoff with the Chinese government, Google is saying exceeded by China's censorship and cyber attacks come from this country.David Drummond, vice president of Google, announced on June 29 last, one day before the expiration of the license for Google in China, as if the license was not renewed, he "cut off all contact with China .
In March, Google had decided not to censor its Chinese site and transfer it to Hong Kong.But last week, Google announced a new "approach" in China, changing its system to stop censoring its search engine, in an effort to meet the demands of Chinese authorities.
China: more than 400 million Internet
Currently, all Internet users in mainland China are headed on a new page of google.cn, a website in China which now has links with the Hong Kong site.
"It was obvious that we should stop to reroute" automatically on the website of Hong Kong, said Google CEO Eric Schmidt was quoted Friday by the Financial Times, before the announcement of the renewal of the operating license in China .
With the renewal of its license, Google will be able to continue to operate on the largest Internet market in the world.China is the largest Internet market in the world with over 400 million users, according to official figures.
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