Google and China has always been at loggerheads, however, here is a piece of positive news , China has renewed Google’s licence in a move that allows the web giant to continue operating in China. Google has confirmed that Beijing has renewed its ICP license — the rights one needs to host a site on its own domain in China. Without that Google would certainly be on the outs, but after resuming limited broadcasts there last month there was hope the two global powerhouses would work out their differences. And, it appears they have .
“We are very pleased that the government has renewed our ICP license and we look forward to continuing to provide web search and local products to our users in China,” wrote Google’s chief legal officer, David Drummond. Its not clear whether this means Google will resume full hosting in China or will keep redirecting some content to HK servers, but we were able to get a statement from the ICP on it’s feelings on this development, which is embedded after the break.
