[ti:Google May Leave Fast-Growing China]
[ar:Steve Ember]
[al:Economics Report]
[by:www.21voa.com]
[00:00.00]This is the VOA Special English 
[00:03.40]Economics Report.
[00:05.18]China says it has passed Germany 
[00:08.91]and become the world's top exporter.
[00:12.18]Exports totaled more than 
[00:14.80]one trillion dollars last year.
[00:17.62]That was down from two thousand eight,
[00:20.73]but about thirty billion 
[00:22.74]more than Germany.
[00:24.54]China's influence in the world 
[00:27.23]has increased with its 
[00:29.06]fast-growing economy.
[00:30.93]The United States 
[00:32.83]remains the largest economy.
[00:35.19]China is third and gaining on Japan.
[00:39.49]Manufacturing has expanded,
[00:42.70]fueling exports.
[00:44.62]But China has not imported as much 
[00:48.56]as its trade partners would like.
[00:51.22]Its policies about 
[00:53.37]valuing its currency 
[00:55.36]and its human rights record 
[00:57.52]have also created tensions.
[01:00.33]And now there is a new dispute.
[01:03.62]China is the world's largest 
[01:06.51]Internet market,
[01:08.10]but Google says it may leave.
[01:11.31]The company said 
[01:13.10]it was targeted last month 
[01:15.59]by a major Internet attack 
[01:18.36]launched from China.
[01:20.17]At least twenty other large 
[01:23.83]companies in different industries 
[01:26.75]were also targeted.
[01:28.53]Also,the company said 
[01:31.52]it is no longer willing 
[01:33.76]to censor search results 
[01:36.15]as required by Chinese law.
[01:38.99]Google says it is still 
[01:42.16]observing censorship laws,
[01:44.80]but it will hold talks with 
[01:47.14]the government in the coming weeks.
[01:49.83]Google.cn launched 
[01:52.54]four years ago this month.
[01:54.65]Google is estimated to have around 
[01:57.64]a thirty percent share 
[01:59.60]of the search market in China.
[02:01.98]But that is only about 
[02:03.97]half the share 
[02:05.21]of the Chinese search engine Baidu.
[02:08.49]Baidu also reported an attack 
[02:11.89]on its Web site earlier this week.
[02:15.10]Online advertising sales in China 
[02:18.60]are estimated to bring Google 
[02:20.77]only a few hundred 
[02:22.57]million dollars a year.
[02:24.55]Not much for such a big company,
[02:27.27]notes business expert Fariborz Ghadar 
[02:30.46]at Penn State University.
[02:32.67]"Google has to make a decision 
[02:34.27]whether they want to basically deviate 
[02:37.15]from their vision mission statement 
[02:39.14]that they 'do no harm' 
[02:40.21]and stay in China.
[02:41.65]Or whether they have just had enough 
[02:44.41]and they don't like the restrictions,
[02:47.32]and they don't like the cyber attacks,
[02:49.14]and they're going to move out 
[02:50.75]so as to preserve 
[02:52.19]their name and brand." 
[02:53.22]On Thursday 
[02:55.22]a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said 
[02:57.88]"China's Internet is open" and that 
[03:01.36]Chinese law bars cyber attacks.
[03:04.85]Another government official said 
[03:07.73]China itself is the victim 
[03:10.41]of a growing number 
[03:11.97]of foreign attacks.
[03:13.71]Secretary of State Hillary Clinton 
[03:16.54]said she would like an explanation 
[03:18.71]from the Chinese 
[03:19.96]about Google's accusations.
[03:21.64]She is giving a speech next week 
[03:24.17]about Internet freedom.
[03:26.10]And that's the VOA Special English 
[03:29.61]Economics Report,
[03:30.96]written by Mario Ritter.
[03:32.90]I'm Steve Ember.