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Google to end automatic rerouting from China site

Google Inc said it plans to stop automatically redirecting users of its Google.cn 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;

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