傳谷歌有意重返中國 測試審查版搜索引擎

Google is testing a mobile version of its search engine that would adhere to China's strict controls over content, a person familiar with the matter said, indicating renewed interest in a market that the Alphabet Inc. GOOGL -0.24% unit abandoned eight years ago in protest over government censorship.

據一位知情人士透露，谷歌正在測試遵守中國對互聯網內容嚴格審查制度的移動版搜索引擎，這表明Alphabet Inc的這家子公司對在八年前爲抗議政府審查而放棄的中國市場重新燃起興趣。

Plans for Google's censored search product aren't completed, and it may never come to fruition, the person said.

該知情人士稱，谷歌開發審查版搜索引擎的計劃尚未完成，也可能不會有結果。

Chief among the hurdles, Google would need approval to re-enter the search market from Chinese authorities, who block access within the country to Google's search engine as well as many other foreign news and social-networking sites.

谷歌面臨的主要障礙將是需要獲得中國政府有關部門批准重新進入搜索市場。中國政府目前禁止在境內訪問谷歌的搜索引擎以及衆多其它外國新聞和社交媒體網站。

If the effort were to proceed, it would mark a sharp about-face for Google that is certain to fuel controversy among human-rights advocates and many of its own employees, as well as U.S. politicians.

如果計劃得以推進，將標誌着谷歌的一次徹底改變，這勢必在人權活動人士、不少內部員工還有美國政界人士中間引發爭議。

A Google spokeswoman noted that the company already offers several other apps in China, including one for translation, and that it works with Chinese developers and has invested in Chinese companies including e-commerce giant Inc.

谷歌一名發言人指出，公司已經在中國提供多款其他種類的應用程序，包括一款翻譯應用，公司還在與中國的開發人員合作，並且投資了包括電商巨頭京東在內的多家中資公司。

Google's Chinese search effort, which was reported earlier by the Intercept, is coming to light at a time of rising trade tensions between the U.S. and China, which also could complicate Google's plans.

Intercept早些時候率先報道了谷歌重回中國搜索市場的消息，而消息曝光之際，中美貿易緊張關係升溫，在這一形勢下，谷歌的計劃或面臨更多變數。