雙語:谷歌或於本週決定在華業務最終命運
【英文原文】
Google To Announce Next Steps in China This Week - Source
Google Inc. (GOOG) is expected to announce its next steps in China this week, according to a person briefed on the matter.
The details of the Internet company's plan, reached after talks with Chinese officials failed to progress, remain unclear. The person briefed on the matter said that the announcement could come as soon as Monday. A Google spokeswoman declined to comment.
(This story and related background material will be available on The Wall Street Journal Web site, .)
The expected announcement will likely end months of suspense over the fate of Google's business in China, which has been in jeopardy since January, when the company said it would stop censoring its search results after it was hit by a cyber attack it traced to China. Google said at the time it was increasingly troubled by China's attempts to limit free speech.
The news could clarify the fates of Google's hundreds of engineers and business personnel in China, many of whom have been receiving overtures from other Internet companies.
The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this month that Google was planning to stop censoring its results on its Chinese search engine in the coming weeks, a move that the company has acknowledged may force it to close down the site. But a person familiar with the discussions said at the time that Google is unlikely to pull out of the country entirely.
One possible scenario is that Google will make agreements with specific Chinese ministries about various parts of the business throughout the country, this person said. In addition to operating , the company has sales, research, and other operations in the country, including investments in Chinese companies. Google also offers other products for Chinese Internet users besides search, like maps, and has partnerships with wireless companies to offer phones based on its Android operating system.
In recent months, Google executives have spoken with some Chinese officials about whether the company could continue to operate an unfiltered search engine in the country. But Chinese ministers have shown no interest in compromise publicly, saying that Google must continue to obey Chinese law or face consequences.
China's reaction appears to be turning hotter. Over the weekend, China's state-owned Xinhua news agency published a commentary accusing Google of trying to advance its own political agenda by 'playing an active role in exporting culture, value and ideas.' The commentary also said that Google's 'ambition to change China's Internet rules and legal system will only prove to be ridiculous.'
【中文譯文】
一位知情人士稱，谷歌公司(Google Inc.)有望於本週宣佈它在中國的下一步舉措。
這家互聯網公司的新計劃是在和中國政府談判陷入僵局後形成的，其具體內容仍不清楚。這位知情人士說，谷歌的計劃最早可能會在週一公佈。谷歌公司發言人拒絕置評。
計劃若公佈，谷歌公司在華業務的命運幾個月來懸而不決的局面可能會結束。谷歌在1月份宣佈，因受到據它追查源自中國的網絡攻擊，它將不再審查其搜索結果，此後其在華業務便岌岌可危。谷歌當時表示，中國箝制言論自由的努力使它越來越受到困擾。
新的消息或將明確谷歌在中國數百位工程師和業務人員的命運。這些員工中，很多人已經收到其他互聯網公司拋出的橄欖枝。
《華爾街日報》本月早些時候報道，谷歌計劃在未來數週停止審查其中文搜索引擎上的搜索結果；該公司曾經承認，此舉可能會迫使它關閉這個站點。但一位熟悉相關討論的人士當時說，谷歌不太可能完全撤離中國。
這位人士說，一種可能的情形是，谷歌將同中國具體的各部門就其在中國多個部分的業務達成協議。谷歌除了運營以外，在中國還有銷售、研發和其他運營活動，包括對中國企業的投資。谷歌向中國互聯網用戶提供的不只是搜索服務，另外還有地圖等服務，它同移動運營商也展開了合作，推出安裝其Android操作系統的手機。
近幾個月，谷歌管理層就它能否在不經過濾的情況下繼續在中國運營搜索引擎的問題，同部分中國官員進行了溝通。但在公開場合，中國的部長們沒有顯示出任何妥協興趣，表示谷歌必須繼續遵守中國法律，不然就要面臨後果。
中國的反應似乎正在趨於激烈。剛剛過去的週末，中國官方通訊社新華社發表了一篇評論文章，指責谷歌通過積極充當“輸出思想，進行文化滲透、價值觀滲透的工具”，試圖推進它自己的政治議程。評論文章還說，谷歌“企圖改變中國社會和法律制度的行徑是狂妄和可笑的”。
