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知情人士说，谷歌公司(Google Inc.)的代表定于未来几天就谷歌中国业务的命运问题与中国官员恢复谈判。此次谈判的进度安排和级别尚不清楚，谈判曾因中国农历新年假期而中断。
据知情人士说，谷歌在现场负责谈判工作的管理人士中，有其亚太区政府事务负责人Ross LaJeunesse。
据其中一位知情人士说，谷歌能否在中国运营不过滤内容的搜索引擎一事预计至少也要几周之后才会见分晓。
这一谈判是因谷歌今年1月宣布将不再审查其中国搜索引擎而引发的，在作此宣布之前，谷歌发现它遭受了一次源自中国的重大网络攻击。
谷歌当时说，它计划与中国官员就该公司能在多大程度上在中国运营不过滤内容的搜索引擎展开谈判。谷歌承认，它有可能不得不关闭其在中国的搜索引擎Google.cn，以及公司在中国的办公室。
自那以来，谷歌的管理人士对于与中国官员的这一敏感商谈一直很少公开表态，对于谁具体从事了谈判也三缄其口。谷歌创始人之一布林(Sergey Brin)本月早些时候在接受采访时重申，公司打算停止审查Google.cn上的政治内容。
LaJeunesse最近几个月移师中国，他于2008年加入谷歌，此前曾任加利福尼亚州州长施瓦辛格(Arnold Schwarzenegger)的副幕僚长和高级顾问。
谷歌的发言人周一拒绝对任何谈判发表评论。她说，我们已经反复表明，将不会就我们可能正与或可能不会与中国政府举行的谈判发表评论。
Jessica E. Vascellaro
=WSJ: Google To Resume Discussions With China In Coming Days -Sources
Of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Google Inc. (GOOG) representatives are scheduled to resume discussions in coming days with Chinese officials about the fate of Google's China business, said people briefed on the matter.
The schedule and the status of the talks, which are being picked up after a break for the Chinese New Year holiday, are unclear.
(This story and related background material will be available on The Wall Street Journal Web site, WSJ.com.)
Among the range of Google officials handling the talks on the ground is Google's policy executive, Ross LaJeunesse, said people familiar with the situation.
Any resolution to the matter of whether Google will be able to operate an unfiltered search engine in the country is likely to be at least weeks away, said one of the people briefed.
The talks were triggered by Google's January announcement that it will no longer censor its Chinese search engine, after it discovered it was hit by a major cyber attack it traced to the country.
Google at the time said it planned to talk to Chinese officials about the extent to which Google could operate an unfiltered search engine in China. Google acknowledged it may have to shut down its Chinese search engine, Google.cn, and potentially its offices in the country.
Since then, executives have said little publicly about the sensitive discussions, including who is involved. In an interview at a conference earlier this month, Google co-founder Sergey Brin reiterated that the company intends to stop censoring political material on Google.cn.
Mr. LaJeunesse, who moved to China in recent months after joining Google in 2008, was formerly deputy chief of staff and senior adviser to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
A Google spokeswoman Monday declined to comment on any talks. 'As we have repeatedly made clear, we are not going to be engaging in a running commentary about discussions we may or may not be having with the Chinese government,' she said.
-By Jessica E. Vascellaro
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Copyright (c) 2010 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
Of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Google Inc. (GOOG) representatives are scheduled to resume discussions in coming days with Chinese officials about the fate of Google's China business, said people briefed on the matter.
The schedule and the status of the talks, which are being picked up after a break for the Chinese New Year holiday, are unclear.
(This story and related background material will be available on The Wall Street Journal Web site, WSJ.com.)
Among the range of Google officials handling the talks on the ground is Google's policy executive, Ross LaJeunesse, said people familiar with the situation.
Any resolution to the matter of whether Google will be able to operate an unfiltered search engine in the country is likely to be at least weeks away, said one of the people briefed.
The talks were triggered by Google's January announcement that it will no longer censor its Chinese search engine, after it discovered it was hit by a major cyber attack it traced to the country.
Google at the time said it planned to talk to Chinese officials about the extent to which Google could operate an unfiltered search engine in China. Google acknowledged it may have to shut down its Chinese search engine, Google.cn, and potentially its offices in the country.
Since then, executives have said little publicly about the sensitive discussions, including who is involved. In an interview at a conference earlier this month, Google co-founder Sergey Brin reiterated that the company intends to stop censoring political material on Google.cn.
Mr. LaJeunesse, who moved to China in recent months after joining Google in 2008, was formerly deputy chief of staff and senior adviser to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
A Google spokeswoman Monday declined to comment on any talks. 'As we have repeatedly made clear, we are not going to be engaging in a running commentary about discussions we may or may not be having with the Chinese government,' she said.
-By Jessica E. Vascellaro
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Copyright (c) 2010 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
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