Google to end automatic rerouting from China site

Internet giant Google Inc said it plans to stop automatically redirecting users of its Google.cn site to its Hong Kong page,in a bid to secure renewal of the company8217;s China service license.

Chief Legal Officer David Drummond said in a blog posting that Google had already started taking a small per centage of users to a landing page on Google.cn that links to Google.com.hk,and would soon stop all redirecting.

8220;The new page will be connected with Google.com.hk,8221; said Marsha Wang,Google8217;s China-based spokeswoman. 8220;The message we received from relevant authorities is that redirection is not acceptable.8221;