China Responds to Google Threat

In China's first official response to Google's threat to leave the country, the government says foreign Internet companies are welcome, but must obey the law and gave no hint of a possible compromise over web censorship.

Foreign ministry spokesperson, Jiang Yu, without mentioning Google by name, says Beijing prohibits email hacking, another reason cited by Google for possibly shutting down its China operation.

Jiang gave no indication whether the government had talked with Google. Meanwhile, the state Xinhua News Agency said earlier officials were seeking more information about its announcement.

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