Google Wins China Permit Renewal, Defusing Standoff
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Google Inc. said it won the renewal of its Web-service license in China, defusing a six-month standoff with the government over censorship that threatened the company’s operations in the world’s biggest Internet market.
“We look forward to continuing to provide Web search and local products to our users in China,” the company said on its blog today. Google’s license, which runs to 2012, will be subject to annual renewal, company spokeswoman Jessica Powell said, declining to say whether the Chinese government had imposed any conditions on renewing the permit.