The comments of reconciliation came from Li Yizhong, minister of China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), speaking on the sidelines of China's annual parliament. A Google spokesman was not immediately available for comment.
Google sent shockwaves across business and political circles when it declared on Jan. 12 that it was considering pulling out of the country. Tensions seemed to increase further when a report last month claimed the hacker attackers were traced back to two schools in China. The dispute about Internet censorship has added to tensions about issues ranging from trade and the Chinese currency, to a meeting last week between U.S.
President Barack Obama and exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama.
The Chinese government has said that Google's claim that it was attacked by hackers based in China was "groundless."
This whole situation has gotten quite a bit of media coverage, and it seems China is starting to realize a semi- civilized relationship with Google would be a good idea. It’s almost impossible to say at this point who’s at fault for this whole situation, but China is the first player to try to fix this issue. More than likely both parties realize they’d be better off with each other. It will be interesting to see how this whole situation figures out; of course we will keep everyone updated on the China vs. Google chronicles.
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