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China Unicom Dumps Google from Android Phones

John Paczkowski in News on March 24, 2010 at 3:21 pm PT

Scratch China Unicom from the list of Google’s Chinese search partners. The carrier has dumped Google’s search service from the Android smartphones it’s adding to its smartphone lineup. An obvious and, I suppose, inevitable response to Google’s recent defiance of the Chinese government.

China: We Are in Talks With Google. Also, We Are Not in Talks With Google.

John Paczkowski in News on March 8, 2010 at 4:02 am PT

Like so many of its services, Google’s so-called “New Approach to China” appears to be in perpetual beta. Though Google has said repeatedly that it is in discussions with Chinese officials about its plans to end censorship of search results in the country, the Chinese govenment claims Google hasn’t yet initiated talks.

Google CEO: Ask Not What Google Can Do for China–Ask What China Can Do for Google

John Paczkowski in News on January 29, 2010 at 10:17 am PT

Google doesn’t want to leave China. It just wants to fix China. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, today, CEO Eric Schmidt said he really doesn’t want to shutter Google’s Chinese operations, he would just like the company to have more of a role in shaping its domestic policy.

Google CEO Eric Schmidt: “I Have a Special Spot for Apple in My Heart”

Peter Kafka in Media on January 21, 2010 at 1:46 pm PT

Eric Schmidt’s tender feelings for Apple won’t stop Google from competing directly with Apple’s iPhone: The company spent much of the time on its Q4 earnings call discussing its large mobile ambitions–without talking about specifics, of course. Meanwhile, the search giant posted a big jump in quarterly revenue. But not enough for twitchy investors, who are pushing shares down in after-hours trading.

Clinton Calls on China to Probe Google Hack

John Paczkowski in News on January 21, 2010 at 8:06 am PT

China has denied involvement in the recent cyber attacks against Google, but U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would like it to investigate them anyway. “Google’s review of its business operations in China has attracted a great deal of interest,” Clinton said during a speech this morning on Internet freedom at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. “We look to Chinese authorities to conduct a thorough investigation of the cyber intrusions that led Google to make this announcement.”

U.S. State Department to Complain to China About Google Hack. Not That China’s Going to Listen.

John Paczkowski in News on January 15, 2010 at 1:45 pm PT

The Google-China debacle has finally spilled over into Sino-American relations. The U.S. State Department said today that it plans to demand a Chinese government investigation into the cyberattacks on Google’s computers, which the company claims originated in China.

Microsoft: “Don’t Be Evil” Is Google’s Motto, Not Ours

John Paczkowski in News on January 14, 2010 at 2:57 pm PT

Microsoft sees no need for a “new approach to China,” though rival Google has adopted one that has generated quite a response. In an interview with CNBC today, CEO Steve Ballmer said his company has no plans to cease operations in China or take a moral stand on the Chinese government’s attitude toward free speech.

What’s the Chinese Word for Bing? Google Threatens to Leave China.

John Paczkowski in News on January 12, 2010 at 4:48 pm PT

Evidently, Google is taking its informal “don’t be evil motto” a bit more seriously these days. The search sovereign threatened late Tuesday to pull out of its operations in China after detecting a “highly sophisticated and targeted attack on [its] corporate infrastructure originating from China.” Targeted in the assault: The Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists.