China took revenge on the customs tariff from the United States on Tuesday with a series of measures that took on American companies. In addition to imposing definitions and import restrictions, the country said that it launched an investigation to combat monopoly in Google.
The announcement of the investigation was mysterious – only one line on the Chinese agency website. But it prompted Google, who is not available in China, to the middle of a geopolitical conflict and adds to the company’s long organizational headache list.
A Google spokesman declined to comment on the Chinese government’s investigation.
Google has a large -scale search engine in the world, and it leads the market for digital advertising. The company has faced anti -monopoly investigations worldwide, including the United States, Canada, Europe and South Korea.
Although it is still unclear how investigations will develop in China in anti -China, it may affect Google’s dealings with Chinese companies. Here’s more about the company’s limited operations there:
What did China declare?
The China Anti -Copy Commission, the state administration to organize the market, said it intends to investigate Google. The Authority accused Google of violating the Antimonopoly Act without providing any additional details.
The same body has been achieved in NVIDIA, the American chips giant, on the ground of anti -monopoly since December.
Is not Google prohibited in China?
Google’s basic products are not available in China due to the country’s censorship restrictions. The company’s search engine, YouTube and Play Store for all applications are not available in the country.
Does Google work in China?
Google said it maintains a limited presence in China, as most of its activities focused on helping Chinese companies communicate with customers and fans outside the country. This includes Android and its mobile operating system, to Chinese phone makers such as Lenovo, Xiaomi and Vivo. Android is open source, so the phone makers can use it at no cost.
Silicon Valley also allows Chinese companies to announce Google and YouTube outside China. TEMU, the international arm of Chinese e -commerce customers Pinduodeo, Google was immersed with inexpensive commodity advertisements To earn more customers in the United States. Shin, a Chinese clothing company, announces Google services outside China.
How did Google’s relationship with China evolve?
Google has a difficult history in China. The company withdrew its search engine from China in 2010 due to government control and what the company said was an electronic attack by Chinese infiltrators who are trying to access the human rights activists.
Sergey Brain, co -founder of Google, said at the time that the company Obtained the policies of China “totalitarian” When it comes to control, political speech and online communications.
But with Chinese Internet growth, Google was lured to return. In 2018, the company was developing a search application for China called Dragonfly, which would have controlled the information banned by the Chinese government. The project pushed anger between Google employees and in 2019, the company said it stopped effort.
Google has also opened an artificial intelligence center in China in 2017, saying “Artificial intelligence has no limits.” Two years later, the company closed the center and confirmed that it was no longer conducted artificial intelligence research in China.
