A Google search feature was blocked in China on Thursday said the company while waiting for Beijing's decision on whether to renew its operating license amid tensions over censorship.
The mainland Chinese users were unable to use the feature "suggestions" of the online search giant, which offers possible results as you begin typing a question, the company said.
"It seems the search requests produced by Tips Google are being blocked for users in mainland China," Google spokeswoman Jessica Powell in an email. "Searches that do not use normal query suggestions are not affected."
Google's relations with Beijing have been strained since the search giant based in the United States said in January that it no longer wanted to cooperate with the Chinese Internet filtering after it was discovered that several hacker attacks came from China.
Google Inc. closed its search engine based in China on March 22 and began to prosecute users to your site in Hong Kong unfiltered, but the company said this week it would suspend the automatic change because Beijing objected and threatened to withdraw its license.
The deadline expired on Wednesday, Powell said that Google did not receive any notice from the Chinese regulators. She said that the license is valid until 2012, but must be renewed annually. He refused to say what is the status of Google while you wait for a response.
A Foreign Ministry spokesman, Qin Gang, did not answer directly when asked if Google would be allowed to operate in China.
"Companies operating on the internet, while doing business in China must comply with Chinese laws and regulations," Qin said. "We hope that all foreign companies, including Internet companies, obey the laws and regulations of China."
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