"Online search engine leader Google Inc has agreed to censor its results in China, adhering to the country's free-speech restrictions in return for better access in the Internet's fastest growing market. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company planned to roll out a new version of its search engine bearing China's Web suffix .cn, on Wednesday. A Chinese-language version of Google's search engine has previously been available through the company's dot-com address in the United States," reports AP.
"China already has more than 100 million Web surfers and the audience is expected to swell substantially -- an alluring prospect for Google as it tries to boost its already rapidly rising profits."
Update: This morning's Guardian continues the story with reports from Jonathan Watts in China and Julian Borger in Washington.
