China retaliated on Tuesday to tariffs from the United States. In addition to the imposed tariffs and import restrictions, the country said it had begun an anti -trade survey on Google.
The announcement of the survey was ambiguous. One line on the Chinese institution website. However, Google, whose search engines cannot be used in China, have been pushed into the middle of geopolitical disputes and have been added to a list of long -term headaches.
Google's Spokesman has refused to comment on the Chinese government.
Google has the most widely used search engines in the world, leading digital advertising markets. The company is facing anti -trade surveys worldwide, including the United States, Canada, Europe and South Korea.
It is still unknown how China's anti -monopoly survey will develop, but it may affect Google's transactions with Chinese companies. The details of the company's limited operation here are as follows.
What did China announce?
The state administration for market regulations, a Chinese anti -trade authority, plans to investigate Google. Authorities accused Google violating the anti -monopoly law without providing additional details.
The same institution has been investigating NVIDIA, a giant of American chip manufacturing, under the antitrust law since December.
Is Google banned in China?
Google core products are not available in China for national censorship restrictions. The company's search engines, video platform YouTube, and Play Store for apps are not all available in Japan.
Is Google operated in China?
Google states that its presence in China is limited, and most of its activities are focusing on supporting Chinese companies to connect with foreign customers and viewers. This includes Android, a mobile operating system, to Chinese telephone manufacturers such as Lenovo, Xiaomi, and Vivo. Since the Android code is open source, telephone manufacturers can use it for free.
Silicon Valley Company can also advertise Chinese companies on Google and YouTube outside China. Temu, the international division of Pindow Duo, a major E -commerce giant in China, is full of Google advertisements for inexpensive products to acquire more customers in the United States. Shein, a Chinese clothing company, also advertises with Google services other than China.
How has your relationship with China evolved?
Google has a difficult history in China. In 2010, the company pulled out search engines from China in 2010, as it was a cyber attack from a Chinese hacker trying to access a human rights activist e -mail account.
Google's co -founder Sergey Brin stated that the company had opposed censorship, political speech, and Internet communication.
But as the Internet in China grew, Google wanted to rise sharply. In 2018, the company was developing a Chinese search app called DragonFly. This has censored information prohibited by the Chinese government. The project was angry with Google employees, stating that the company stopped working in 2019.
Google also opened an Agency for AI in China in 2017 and stated that “AI science has no borders.” Two years later, the company closed the center and emphasized that it was not doing AI research in China.
