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Baidu’s CEO Robin Li isn’t afraid of Google’s rumored comeback to China
Head of China’s biggest search engine speaks out after state media welcomed Google’s return
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This article originally appeared on ABACUS
If Google brings a censored version of its search engine back to China as a report suggested last week, it will be up against a formidable rival: Baidu. The Chinese search engine is the world’s fourth most visited website, commanding a whopping 74% of China’s online search market.
It’s unclear when or if this will actually happen. But this week, state media People’s Daily tweeted a commentary from sister tabloid Global Times, welcoming Google’s return to China as long as it follows the law -- according to the South China Morning Post.
The high-profile support, coming from the Communist Party’s official newspaper, caught the eye of Robin Li. Referring to the commentary in a WeChat post, the Baidu founder and CEO says he’s confident his company will beat Google.
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“Chinese tech companies today have enough power and confidence to grow stronger through benign competition with international businesses,” writes Li.
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“If Google decides to return to China, we are extremely confident that we will PK again, win again.”
(PK, originally a gaming term that stands for “player killing”, is used as a slang in China to describe the act of defeating a rival.)
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