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China Says Google Incident Should Not Hinder Relationship with US

   VOA News 21 January 2010

   A  senior  Chinese  official says the current dispute with U.S. -based
   Internet  giant  Google  should not be "over-interpreted" as a sign of
   Beijing's relationship with Washington.
   State-run  Xinhua news agency says Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei made
   the remarks Thursday in Beijing.
   Google announced last week that may end its operations in China due to
   censorship  concerns,  and  a  cyber attack targeting the Google-based
   e-mail accounts of Chinese human rights activists.
   China  says  it  does  not  condone  cyber attacks, but added that all
   foreign  companies, including Google, must comply with all local laws,
   regulations  and  customs,  including  government  controls  over  the
   Internet.
   U.S.  Secretary  of  State  Hillary  Clinton will unveil the the Obama
   administration's  policies  towards  Internet  freedom during a speech
   Thursday in Washington.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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