Google says 'business as usual' in China(zz)

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100118/tc_afp/uschinaitinternetgoogle

BEIJING (AFP) – Google said it was "business as usual" in China, after repo
rts that the US Internet giant was stopping some local staff from working fo
llowing its threat to pull out of the Asian country.

The statement came nearly a week after Google's shock announcement that it w
as considering abandoning its Chinese search engine, and could shut its Chin
a offices, over theft of its intellectual property by hackers.

"We gave our employees a holiday the day of the announcement so that we coul
d run tests and scans internally to ensure that the network is safe and secu
re," Google said in an emailed reply to AFP inquiries.

"Google China employees are now back at work and it's business as usual."

Last week, the Beijing News reported that Google China engineers no longer h
ad access to the company's global database and could no longer work, citing
unnamed sources within the company.

Google has said it is no longer willing to bow to the communist country's ar
my of Internet censors by filtering search results available on google.cn, b
ut is still seeking talks with the Chinese government on a solution.

The United States has asked for an explanation from Beijing, and the State D
epartment said Friday that a formal request would be made "in the coming day
s".

"It will express our concern for this incident and request information from
China as to an explanation of how it happened and what they plan to do about
it," State Department spokesman PJ Crowley told reporters.

China has sought to tamp down the controversy, saying the row will not affec
t Sino-US ties already frayed over a number of issues, from climate change t
o the value of the Chinese yuan and several trade disputes.

But Beijing also insisted that Google must obey its laws.

A commerce ministry spokesman said Friday that foreign firms should "respect
the laws, public interest, culture and traditions in host countries, and ta
ke on social responsibilities accordingly".




Google中國欲走還留，可能仍無法割捨龐大的中國市場，昨天宣布否認要撤
出中國，並表示正與中國官方談判。
（美聯社）

全球網路搜尋龍頭Google的中國風波
上演大逆轉。Google昨（18）日否認要撤出中國，並表示正與中國官方談判，主題為過濾
網路搜尋內容。

此外消息人士透露，Google中國正進行內部調查，了解是否有內賊配合
外部駭客攻擊Google中國的網站。

彭博資訊、路透與法新社報導，Google中國昨天在聲
明中，否認各方媒體關於該公司將撤離中國或停止員工上班等報導，並提到目前還在掃描
內部網路是否有人破壞。

Google中國也提到，未來幾天將與官方談判，但沒有提到接觸
對象或可能結果。

Google中國在聲明中說：「本公司在宣布（遭受網路攻擊）當天，讓
員工放假一天，讓我們可以進行內部掃描及測試，確定整個網路安全無虞。谷歌中國的員
工都已回來工作，所有業務照常運作。」

瑞士信貸分析師張永恆在昨天發布的研究報告
中語出驚人地指出，Google中國的業務可能在2月正式結束，並連帶使中國官方封鎖境內網
民使用Google美國網站。張永恆在報告寫道：「在Google中國關閉後，中國政府可能經常
封鎖Google主網站。若無法穩定進入網站，Google可能失去流量，甚至連廣告都流失到百
度與其他搜尋網站。」

其他中外同業對Google中國風波的反應趨向保守，除了雅虎之外
。雅虎周末公開表示支持Google，讓中方合作夥伴阿里巴巴有點感冒。

然而，陪同阿里
巴巴創辦人馬雲來台的該公司發言人John Spelich 昨天在台北表示，要斷定中國官方涉及
從網路攻擊Google中國，仍然言之過早。

John Spelich說：「接觸過我們的媒體認為，
雅虎支持Google的聲明意味，（中國）政府在背後有份。我們的觀點是，由於沒有證據顯
示犯罪者是誰，現在要點名是誰做的太早。」

微軟公司則指出，目前無意撤出中國。


另外兩位消息人士透露，Google正在內部調查，確定從去年12月中以來的網路攻擊事件中
，是否有內賊通外鬼。

報導指出，這些攻擊是來自可接觸Google網路特定環節的人士，
這些人可能獲得Google中國內部員工協助。

Google中國一位不具名女性發言人說：「我
們不對謠言或推測發表評論。這項調查還在進行中，我們無法評論任何細節。」

clarence

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