<p>The company announced this decision Tuesday, 10 days after the Chinese government renewed Google's licence to continue its operation in the country.<br /><br />Google's plan encompasses closure of a self-developed website ranking page and a lifestyle site in China. The decision was taken because of "lower-than-expected demand", China Daily reported, citing a company statement. <br /><br />It has also decided to discontinue technical support to two services for local business partner Tianya.cn this week. Tianya.cn utilises Google's technologies to power some of its website functions.<br /><br />"We have always been trying to develop new products and services for our users. Some enjoyed great success while others failed," the statement said. <br />"In China, the website ranking page and lifestyle site were not welcomed by our users, that's why we decided to shut them down." <br /><br />Google's announcement comes after the company July 10 got its Internet Content Provider (ICP) license renewed in China, ending a stand-off with Chinese authorities which had asked the firm to censor some of its contents for the users in the country.<br /><br />Zhang Feng, director of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's Telecoms Development Department, told a news conference Tuesday that Google has promised to "obey Chinese law" and will avoid linking to material deemed a threat to national security or social stability.<br /><br />During its dispute with Chinese government, Google's search-engine market share dropped to 30.9 percent in the first quarter from 35.6 percent three months earlier.<br /></p>
<p>The company announced this decision Tuesday, 10 days after the Chinese government renewed Google's licence to continue its operation in the country.<br /><br />Google's plan encompasses closure of a self-developed website ranking page and a lifestyle site in China. The decision was taken because of "lower-than-expected demand", China Daily reported, citing a company statement. <br /><br />It has also decided to discontinue technical support to two services for local business partner Tianya.cn this week. Tianya.cn utilises Google's technologies to power some of its website functions.<br /><br />"We have always been trying to develop new products and services for our users. Some enjoyed great success while others failed," the statement said. <br />"In China, the website ranking page and lifestyle site were not welcomed by our users, that's why we decided to shut them down." <br /><br />Google's announcement comes after the company July 10 got its Internet Content Provider (ICP) license renewed in China, ending a stand-off with Chinese authorities which had asked the firm to censor some of its contents for the users in the country.<br /><br />Zhang Feng, director of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's Telecoms Development Department, told a news conference Tuesday that Google has promised to "obey Chinese law" and will avoid linking to material deemed a threat to national security or social stability.<br /><br />During its dispute with Chinese government, Google's search-engine market share dropped to 30.9 percent in the first quarter from 35.6 percent three months earlier.<br /></p>