US says Google was a Business Decision

The United States on Tuesday said Google's action to shut its mainland Chinese-language portal was a business decision by the company that did not involve the U.S. government.


Google yesterday began rerouting searches to its Hong Kong site, drawing angry criticism from China.

"This was a business decision by Google," State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley told reporters.

"As to the issue of Internet freedom and the flow of information around the world, including the flow of information within China, that will be something that we continue our discussion with China on," he said.

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