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Google is investigating whether some of its employees in China have been accomplices of computer attacks which he suffered, according to the Wall Street Journal Tuesday, January 19. According to the newspaper, some 700 employees in China Google have denied access to the internal network of their company for the duration of the investigation. The U.S. company said Monday continue to conduct its operations in China without change for the moment, reacting to media reports that she would be forced unemployed workers.

Google last week threatened to cease operation in China because of censorship and attacks. These attacks have resulted in a particular intellectual property theft, while hackers accessed the accounts of its Gmail e-mail belonging to defenders of human rights in China, according to his accusations.

380 million users
The Foreign Correspondents Club of China (FCCC) has also announced Monday piracy of some Gmail accounts to foreign journalists working in China. “As for foreign journalists based in Beijing, probably hackers trying to get contacts and information on these activists for human rights who are willing to talk to foreign press,” RSF says.
Google said no longer be inclined to enforce the censorship demanded by the Chinese authorities on this market of over 380 million users. The United States has therefore asked for an explanation from Beijing on this matter. The Chinese government has for his part reiterated that the area of the Chinese Internet was opened to foreigners, provided they comply with Chinese laws. The spokesman of Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ma Zhaoxu, said Chinese companies had also been involved and said that Beijing firmly opposed to such practices. An adviser to the national security of India also told the Times that Bombay had also been targeted by a cyber attack from China.

Report of the launch of two mobile phones
On Tuesday, Google announced it had postponed the launch in China, scheduled for Wednesday, two mobile phones developed in partnership with Samsung Electronics and Motorola, according to Dow Jones Newswiresm
The company said the launch would be made with the operator China Unicom, but did not indicate how long it would be postponed or given other details. It would only let go of that because of uncertainties about the future of Google in China, it would be “irresponsible” to launch the phones now.
Chinese media accused Google of having found a good excuse to exit a market where it has failed to carve out the lion’s share, reserved for the local giant, Baidu.