US says China should seriously consider implications of Google partial retreat
By APTuesday, March 23, 2010
US: China should reflect on Google retreat
WASHINGTON — The United States is urging Beijing to “seriously consider” the meaning of Google’s decision to partially withdraw from China over Internet restrictions.
State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley told reporters Tuesday that the U.S. government played no part in the Web giant’s choice.
But he says that Beijing “should seriously consider the implications when one of the world’s most recognizable institutions has decided that it’s too difficult to do business in China.”
Google has decided to move most of its China-based search functions from the mainland to Hong Kong.
Beijing condemns the withdrawal. Chinese Web users are wondering whether Google’s new offshore search engine site will be blocked.
