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Google has said that the Chinese authorities had renewed its license to operate a website, averting a potential shutdown of its flagship search page in the world’s biggest internet dreambox cable market.

Google said last week that it would stop automatically IT Global rerouting users to its uncensored Hong Kong-based search page, explaining that Beijing had indicated it would not renew its Internet Content Provider (ICP) license if it continued to do so.

“We look forward to continuing to provide web search and local products to our users in China”

That had prompted speculation that China might use the opportunity to shut down Google’s China search page, which would have been a blow to its other business in the country.

“China has renewed our license,” a Google spokeswoman told Reuters. “We are very pleased that the government has renewed our ICP license and we look forward to continuing to provide web search and local products to our users in China.”

Analysts said that the company’s decision sony laptop battery to stop automatically rerouting users to its Hong Kong search page showed a willingness to compromise to maintain a foothold in China, the world’s largest internet market by users.

“In China, it is very common that you need to give the government face if you want to do ACER Aspire 5000 CPU Fan business here. The double click rule (so as not to automatically reroute searches) shows that Google can compromise and give them face,” said Edward Yu of Analysys International.

Google stunned markets and consumers in Acer Aspire 5315 Battery January when it warned it might quit the country, saying it would not provide the censored search results that China requires. In March, Google began to redirect visitors to its China website to a search site in Hong Kong that provided uncensored results.