Disputes lead to Android launch postpone by Google in China

No clash of titans may go farther than the recent major world issues - Google vs China. The problems between Google and Chinese Government are not on a downfall but will rise even more with the Google's latest announcement regarding the Android phones. After deciding to stop censoring its Google.cn results, Google has stepped up its offensive with the announcement that two Android phones -- one from Samsung and one from Motorola -- which were to make their arrival on China Unicom on Wednesday have now been postponed. Google says if China plays it good then the launch will just be postponed and if not, then its "never gonna happen".

China has the world's most-populous mobile phone market, with more than 700 million accounts and increasingly prosperous customers who readily pay for the latest technology and services.


Beijing referred to Google by name Tuesday for the first time since its Jan. 12 announcement that it would no longer censor search results in China and might shut down Google.cn. The government said the search giant must obey China's laws and traditions, suggesting it was giving no ground in talks with the company.
"Foreign enterprises in China need to adhere to China's laws and regulations, respect the interests of the general public and cultural traditions and shoulder corresponding responsibilities. Google is no exception," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu at a regular news briefing.

Beijing promotes Internet use for business and education but blocks access to material deemed subversive or pornographic, including Web sites abroad run by dissidents and human rights groups.

Google said last week that an attack in December from China targeted the Mountain View, California-based company's infrastructure and at least 20 other major companies from the Internet, financial services, technology, media and chemical industries.
The Foreign Correspondents' Club of China sent an e-mail Monday to its members warning that reporters in at least two news bureaus in Beijing had said their Gmail accounts had been broken into, with their e-mails surreptitiously forwarded to unfamiliar accounts. One of the accounts belonged to an Associated Press journalist.
Ma, the foreign ministry spokesman, said China strictly prohibits computer hacking in any form.

Courtesy : Yahoo