Google and China in Talks Over Search Engine [Report]

Google and the Chinese government have entered talks to discuss the future of Google's search engine in China, according to Bloomberg.

Google's recent threat to pull out of China unless it could serve search results uncensored has made front page news, elicited questions from the U.S. and affected the censorship debate.

Now according to an e-mail response Bloomberg received, Google has been holding talks with Chinese authorities and will hold more "in the coming days." The progress of the talks or what was discussed wasn't revealed.

The fact that Google and China are in talks doesn't surprise us. China is still one of the world's largest economies and a market that hasn't even come close to reaching its potential. Yet we'd be surprised if these talks result in a censored Google search engine within China. After the company's strong stand last week, it'd be an embarrassing about face to accept censorship once again.