Google Music Appears in China
Posted on 05. Jul, 2010 by Daniel Cawrey in News
Fortune’s Seth Weintraub reported – and then mysteriously deleted – a story that there are some new features added to the Google.cn site today, giving the impression that the Chinese government has renewed the search engine’s license to operate its site in China. Here’s a screenshot so you know I’m not making this up (RSS readers giveth, but don’t easily taketh).
Google’s ability to continue to develop its business operations in China was something that had certainly been in question recently, although I had hoped the two sides would reach an amicable resolution.
For the time being, it appears that the two sides have done just that. Google.cn does not redirect to Google.hk, but interestingly, if you click on the rounded outline that appears in the middle where the search box is, you will be sent directly to Google.hk.
Of more importance is the fact that Google has placed Music, Translate and Products at the bottom as links on the page. When one clicks on Music, it takes them to a page that references Chinese pop artists.
Too bad though, as it doesn’t look like my location is available for streaming music from the service.
It also appears that while some things are moving forward for Google in China, as of today the China Service Availability page is still showing some partial problems with accessing the site from the mainland.
This still may be a fluid situation; we’ll see in the coming days whether a majority of sites still have blockage issues going forward.
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FelixDaCat13
07. Jul, 2010
I’m actually living in China and I use this service nearly everyday (www.google.cn/music) and so as many foreign people here, it’s been online for a few months now. Surprisingly, we can download most of the songs repertoried on the website for free !
Plus we can listen to the music live in streaming, it’s pretty amazing.
PS : Love your blog, keep going !
Daniel Cawrey
07. Jul, 2010
Hey Felix:
Thanks for the comment, the rest of us can’t wait for Google Music. How is the selection of songs there?
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