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Google says retreat limited to web

By Wu Chong in New York and Li Xiaokun in Beijing (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-01-14 17:22
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Google says its planned retreat from China is limited to google.cn, hinting that other services such as android phones and Gmail will not be impacted.

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A spokesperson for the company told China Daily that users will possibly be able to continue using the search engine in Chinese through Google.com

"The only thing we have announced is this: We will be talking to the Chinese authorities about the possibility of operating an uncensored search service within China. If it is impossible to operate an uncensored service within the law, we will close Google.cn," a spokesman of the company who declined to be named said.

"We will obviously continue to offer Chinese-language search on our global search engine," he said. "Beyond that, we are making no announcements on any other aspect of our business."