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| China responds to Google threat | China responds to Google threat |
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| China has said that foreign internet firms are welcome to do business "according to the law". | China has said that foreign internet firms are welcome to do business "according to the law". |
| The statement, from Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu, is Beijing's first response to Google's threat to stop filtering content in China. | The statement, from Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu, is Beijing's first response to Google's threat to stop filtering content in China. |
| Google said on Tuesday that cyber-attacks originating in China aimed at human rights activists might force it to close its Chinese operations. | Google said on Tuesday that cyber-attacks originating in China aimed at human rights activists might force it to close its Chinese operations. |
| Ms Jiang said the internet was "open" in China. | Ms Jiang said the internet was "open" in China. |
| Google announced that it was no longer willing to censor its Chinese search engine - google.cn. | Google announced that it was no longer willing to censor its Chinese search engine - google.cn. |
| The search engine subsequently said it would hold talks with the government in the coming weeks to look at operating an unfiltered search engine within the law in the country, though no changes to filtering had yet been made. | The search engine subsequently said it would hold talks with the government in the coming weeks to look at operating an unfiltered search engine within the law in the country, though no changes to filtering had yet been made. |
| At a regular foreign ministry news briefing, Ms Jiang said: "China like other countries administers the internet according to law. | |
| "China's internet is open and the Chinese government encourages development of the internet." |