Google said to relaunch app store

US tech giant mulls comeback to the Chinese mainland market

Google Inc's proposed partnership with a local internet behemoth is likely to help it gain a much-coveted toehold in the Chinese mainland market, experts said on Tuesday.

The US tech giant is in discussions with NetEase Inc, China's second-largest online games provider, to bring its Google Play mobile app store to the Chinese mainland, according to The Information, a US news portal, which cited people familiar with the matter.