No contact with Google about dispute said China
It was almost two months ago when U.S. web giant Google declared it would stop censoring Chinese search results and threatened to pull out of China over hacking and censorship concerns. China is the world’s largest online community with 384 million users at the end of last year. At the time there was much speculation on whether Google would pull up stakes entirely or still keep its sales office inside China. Most people assumed the latter when Google announced it’ll negotiate with the Chinese government.
However, on March 6, 2010, Chinese Vice Minister Miao Wei, speaking on the sidelines at the annual 10-day meeting of the National People’s Congress in Beijing, told the state-run Xinhua news agency that China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has had no contact with Google on the matter. Miao says Google never informed the Ministry that it was planning to withdraw from China. He further said that Google had never filed a report to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology over the cyberattacks or sought negotiations.
“If Google has had evidence that the attacks came from China, the Chinese government will welcome them to provide the information and will severely punish the offenders according to the law. We never support hacking attacks because China also falls victim to hacking attacks,” Miao said.
“If Google decides to continue its business in China and abides by China’s laws, it’s welcome to stay. If the company chooses to withdraw from the Chinese market, it must go through certain procedures according to the law and regulations and deal with customers’ problems that may arise,” Miao said.
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