Chinese Search Giant Baidu Launches International Sites 38
jfruh writes "Baidu, a company that offers a search engine, a Wikipedia-style user-edited encyclopedia, and other online services, is a household name in China. Now the company is seeking to gain ground on Google in the rest of the world, opening local search sites (in local languages) for Thailand, Brazil, and Egypt."
"Search giant" (Score:2, Insightful)
They are only a giant because their government does not allow anyone else to participate. I'm not sure how they are hoping to translate this business model to countries not ruled by paranoid kleptocracies.
Re:Good news (Score:4, Insightful)
Yeah thanks (Score:2, Insightful)
But I think I'll stick with the search engine that allows people to search for Tiananmen Square.