Guard against Net monopoly

The case filed against the Internet search engine Baidu challenges the current anti-monopoly law in China, says an article in the Beijing News. The following is an excerpt:

China's first case against Internet monopoly has recently been exposed. An information company in Tangshan, Hebei province, filed a case against the website ranking service offered by Baidu, the leading Chinese language search engine. Baidu is accused of removing websites off its search engine at its own will. The Hebei company requested the Administration of Industry and Commerce to investigate into Baidu's abuse of its monopoly position in the market.

The litigation against Baidu shows the contradiction between the rapid growth of Internet technologies and lagging checking systems.