It looks like Google is trying to take the Chinese market by storm
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,128413-pg,1/article.htmlGoogle has struck a partnership with a Chinese peer-to-peer file downloading service, Xunlei Networking Technologies.
The partnership will give users of the Xunlei service easier access to Google search services and multimedia content via a search link on Xunlei's home page, the companies said Friday. The deal also involves marketing development and product cooperation
In January 2006, Google launched a Chinese version of its search engine, filtering search results to comply with Chinese government restrictions. It made the move because the level of service it could offer users in China from its main search site at www.google.com was not great, the company said at the time.
Despite Google's efforts to appeal to Chinese users, local rival Baidu.com continues to lead the Chinese market, however.
What the reporter above seems to have missed is that Google bought a chunk of Baidu already and so are just hedging their bets on the whole country, it is after all a rather large lucritive market for them.
