In a townhall meeting, Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai said that he’s not in a rush to launch a search platform in China, according to a source with knowledge of the conversation (as reported by CNN).
Earlier reports had indicated that Sundar Pichai was planning to introduce a censored version of Google Search in China - something that raised questions on whether Google was straying from its long-held advocacy of free and open internet, with several of its employees demanding greater transparency on the plan. But recent reports of Pichai’s meeting suggest that although his team might be exploring possibilities of foraying into the Chinese market, they’re not close to launching a search engine.