China warns Google to obey laws

Chinese Minister of Industry and Information Technology Li Yizhong warned that Google will pay the consequences if it continues to go against Chinese law. Google announced in January that it would no longer comply with China's internet censorship laws.We need to preserve our nation's interest, our people's interest, we cannot be relaxed with any information that will cause harm to the stability of our society, to our system, and to the health of our under-age young people, he said.Google began operations in China in 2006 to widespread criticism.Relations between China and Google cooled in January after what Google described as a sophisticated cyber attack in which the webmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists were targeted.Since then, the firm has been in talks with Chinese officials about how to provide an unfiltered service but still remain within the law. Google chief executive Eric Schmidt said this week that he hoped the results of those consultations would be revealed soon.