Further to this morning's post on how Google Accelerator might let people circumvent Chinese internet restrictions, there's more detail on Google's plan to open Chinese offices in this story from MediaGuardian.co.uk (registration only).
Google is expected to open an office in Shanghai by the end of this year to target businesses from within the country for the first time.
The company has begun hiring an advertising sales team to target corporate customers and has also acquired a China-specific web address, according to a report on Reuters.
Although it has no physical presence in China, Google already accounts for around 20% of all online searches in the country, where 94 million people have access to the internet. That figure is expected to grow to 134 million by the end of this year.
