Beijing:
A day after world's top search engine Google threatened to shut down its operations alleging cyber attacks and censorship, China said on Thursday that foreign internet firms were welcome to do business in the country "according to the law". (Read: Google, China spat not to effect ties with Beijing: US)
Offering Beijing's first comments in response to its row with Google, foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu sought to play down the differences saying that the Communist Government was against "any form of cyber attack such as hacking".
"China like all countries administers the internet according to the law", Jiang was quoted as saying by official news agency Xinhua. (Read: Is China guilty of high-tech espionage?)
Claiming that internet was "open" in China, she said "The Chinese Government encourages development of internet and is creating favorable environment for it". (Read: Google's exit announcement censored in China)
Google, according to its top executives said it was taking this "extreme step" because of cyber attacks and censorship by the communist regime of content provided by Chinese human rights activists.
China has also stated its position on the Google row to the US after Secretary of State Hilary Clinton said Google's allegations about cyber spying "raise very serious concerns and questions." (Read: Google not alone in discontent with China)
The leader of the Chinese Parliament Wu Bangguo called on Washington to respect its "core interests" in his talks with the high level US Congressional delegation.
The Chinese reaction comes as Google announced on Tuesday that it would pull out of the world's largest on-line market.(Read: Don't go, say Chinese users to Google)
Offering Beijing's first comments in response to its row with Google, foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu sought to play down the differences saying that the Communist Government was against "any form of cyber attack such as hacking".
"China like all countries administers the internet according to the law", Jiang was quoted as saying by official news agency Xinhua. (Read: Is China guilty of high-tech espionage?)
Claiming that internet was "open" in China, she said "The Chinese Government encourages development of internet and is creating favorable environment for it". (Read: Google's exit announcement censored in China)
Google, according to its top executives said it was taking this "extreme step" because of cyber attacks and censorship by the communist regime of content provided by Chinese human rights activists.
China has also stated its position on the Google row to the US after Secretary of State Hilary Clinton said Google's allegations about cyber spying "raise very serious concerns and questions." (Read: Google not alone in discontent with China)
The leader of the Chinese Parliament Wu Bangguo called on Washington to respect its "core interests" in his talks with the high level US Congressional delegation.
The Chinese reaction comes as Google announced on Tuesday that it would pull out of the world's largest on-line market.(Read: Don't go, say Chinese users to Google)
