Google serves US intelligence agencies: Chinese media

Source: PressTV
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=121378&sectionid=351020404

Chinese state media have accused Internet giant Google of being a tool in the hands of US intelligence agencies in the country.

A commentary published by the Xinhua News Agency accuses Google of providing the US government with a record of its search engine results, the BBC reported.

"Google's high-level officials have intricate ties with the US government. It is also an open secret that some security experts in the Pentagon are from Google", the commentary read.

The commentary signed by three Xinhua writers also accuses Google of infiltrating the local culture.

"It is unfair for Google to impose its own value and yardsticks on Internet regulation to China, which has its own time-honored tradition, culture and value."

Google announced in January that it would no longer comply with China's internet censorship laws. The search engine giant has denied that it was influenced by the US government.

Google is the second-largest search site in China. Baidu Inc, China's domestic search engine, has benefitted from the dispute since Google's announcement that it could pull out of China. Baidu's shares have surged more than 44 percent since then.

Relations between Beijing and Washington have been deteriorating over a number of issues.

Recently, China reduced its military cooperation with Washington after the United States sold USD 6.4 billion worth of arms to Taiwan.