It is not clear that Google has much to gain from its plan to launch a censored version of its search engine in China, Josephine Wolff argues. Google clearly believes it possesses superior search technology to win over the Chinese market if it can just get the government’s seal of approval. But it’s a very different internet market today than it was in 2010.

Google has quietly opened a third office in China, highlighting its growing hardware and ad businesses in the country even as the US tech company’s signature search engine remains blocked there.

Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google will relaunch its map service in China after an eight-year absence, Nikkei reported on Monday.

This buzz surrounding this year’s World Internet Conference (WIC) has been about the first-time attendance of Apple’s and Google’s CEOs, distracting critics from an equally interesting issue: what do countries that send both tech industry and government representatives gain in the long term from participating in these meetings?

Timing is everything. Mere days after Google CEO Sundar Pichai's surprise appearance at China's annual internet conference, Google announced that it is opening a research center in China dedicated to studying artificial intelligence (AI). AI, "in a sense, is already here.

Google Inc is in search of China business again, five years after its abrupt departure from the lucrative market. The world's largest Internet search provider is aiming to bring its online mobile application store Google Play to the Chinese mainland as soon as this month, multiple sources said.