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Chinese Search Giant Baidu Launches International Sites

Posted by samzenpus on from the spreading-out dept.

jfruh writes "Baidu, a company that offers a search engine, a Wikipedia-style user-edited encyclopedia, and other online services, is a household name in China. Now the company is seeking to gain ground on Google in the rest of the world, opening local search sites (in local languages) for Thailand, Brazil, and Egypt."

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  1. Re:Good news by dmgxmichael · · Score: 3, Insightful

    While Google needs competition, I sincerely doubt a search engine under the control of Chinese censors will make any headway in the free world.