双语新闻：中国延长谷歌营运执照

China Renews Google's License to Operate

中国延长谷歌营运执照

Google says its license to operate in China has been renewed. The U.S.-based Internet company issued a short announcement Friday, ending weeks of speculation whether it would be permitted to continue serving the world's largest online community.

谷歌说，谷歌在中国的营运执照已经延长。总部设在美国的互联网公司谷歌星期五发布了一份简短声明，结束了几星期来各方对它是否能获准继续服务中国这个世界最大网络社区的猜测。

The statement said Google's license has been renewed and that it looks forward to continuing to offer web search and other services in China. The Chinese government has not yet commented publicly.

这份声明说，谷歌的执照已经延长，谷歌期待继续在中国提供网络搜索和其他服务。中国政府还未公开评论。

Google announced late last month that it was changing its policies in response to threats that its license would be withdrawn.

谷歌在上个月底宣布，它在改变政策以应付执照被调销的威胁。

Google this year began to automatically transfer Chinese users to an uncensored website in Hong Kong. But since late June, the Internet company has instead provided a link on its China home page allowing users to go to the Hong Kong site themselves.

今年开始将中国用户自动跳转到未经审查的香港网站。但是自从六月底开始，谷歌改为在其中国主页提供谷歌香港网站的链结，让用户自己去访问。