Google mum on plans for Google.cn search engine | The Australian - 0 views
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No area of business in China is more politically sensitive than the internet, or more heavily regulated. China bars foreign companies from owning an “internet content provider” licence to deliver services in the country. For that, Google needed to partner with a Chinese company, which holds the ICP licence from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, to provide its services in China.
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A GROUP of Google's partners in China have sent an impassioned plea to the internet giant, saying their businesses are in jeopardy if Google closes its Chinese search engine, and demanding to know how they will be compensated.
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The deal has been done, it's only the matter of how Googld deal with those partners and its financial problem accordingly.