Google deals in doubt amid spat with Beijing
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 12:01A man takes pictures of the Google China headquarters as a bouquet of flowers is seen on the Google logo in Beijing Wednesday, March 24, 2010. Google’s attempted detour around China’s Internet censorship rules was met with countermeasures Tuesday by the communist government, which blocked people on the mainland from seeing search results dealing with such forbidden topics as the pro-democracy movement. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
(AP) — A popular Chinese Web portal said Wednesday it is taking over operation of two services developed and formerly operated with Google just days after the search giant took a risky stand against China’s strict Internet censorship rules by moving its search engine offshore.
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