Chinese paper accuses Google of hampering search

Google faces a new controversy in China after a website run by the Communist Party's main newspaper accused the US search giant of trying to keep internet users away following its reports on a copyright dispute.

The online People's Daily book section said the three-day disruption began last Wednesday after it reported on a Chinese group's complaint that Google's plan for an online library of digitised books might violate Chinese authors' copyrights.

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