Google plans to launch a version of its search engine in China that will block some websites and search terms, two sources said, in a move that could mark its return to a market it abandoned eight years ago on censorship concerns. Grace Lee reports.
After leaving China almost a decade ago, Google might be going back.

According to sources, it's planning to launch a censored version of its search engine which will block certain websites and even some search terms.

It's a reversal of its stance from eight years ago, when Google left China in protest of the country's censorship.

Since then, it's been actively seeking ways to re-enter the country, where many of its products are blocked by regulators.

Chinese state media quickly refuted claims, saying that reports of Google's return to China weren't true.

But a Chinese official later confirmed that Google had been in touch with China's cyber authorities, and a Google employee tells Reuters the project is alive and genuine.

He says executives at the vice president level are aware of it, and that he'd been transferred out of his unit to avoid being involved.

Google has declined to comment on the subject, but the reports have pummeled shares of U.S.-listed Baidu, which dominates China's search engine market.

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