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China Paper Warns Google May Pay price for hacking claims

BEIJING (Reuters) - Google has Become a "political tool" vilifying The Chinese Government, official Beijing newspaper Said year on Monday, warning the U.S. Internet giant That&&9;s statements about hacking attacks Traced to China "could hurt business icts.

The tough warning Appeared In The overseas edition of the People&&9;s Daily, The Leading newspaper of China&&9;s ruling Communist Party, informal & informal That tension politique Between the United States and China over Internet security "could linger.

Last week, Google Said It Had broken up year effort to steal the password of email account Hundreds of Google Holders, Including U.S. Government Official, Chinese journalists and human rights advocates.It Appeared to Said The attacks come from China.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry Rejected Those charges, & the party newspaper Warned Against Google playing a risky game politique.

By Saying That Chinese Human Rights Activists Were Among the targets Of The hacking, Google Was "Deliberately pandering to negative Western perceptions of China, and Strongly hinting thats the hacking attacks Were The Work Of The Chinese Government," the People&&9;s Daily overseas edition, has small offshoot of the Main domestic paper, Said In A front-page commentary.

"Google&&9;s China Aimed at accusations are spurious, Have Ulterior Motives, and bear malign intentions," Said The commentary, written by editor at The Paper year.

"Google" should not overly Become embroiled in International Political Struggle, Playing the role of a Tool for Political restraint, "the paper Added inferred heaters.

"For When The International winds shift direction, It May Become Sacrificed to politics and Will Be spurned by The Marketplace," it Said, Without Specifying how Google&&9;s Business Could Be Hurt.

The latest friction with Google Could Bring Internet policy back to the foreground of US-China relations, tensions reprising last year When The Obama Administration Took up Google&&9;s Complaint about hacking and censorship from China.

Google Partly Pulled out of China After That dispute. Since Then, it has lost share to rivals more Baidu Inc. in China&&9;s Internet market, The World&&9;s Largest by user numbers With More Than 450 million users.

Google last week thats the hacking attacks Appeared to come from Jinan, capital of The China&&9;s eastern Shandong province and home to year intelligence unit of the People&&9;s Liberation Army.

U.S.Defense Secretary Robert Gates over-the-weekend Warned That WAS Washington Prepared to Use Force Against cyber-attacks it regarded acts of war.

In February, overseas Chinese websites, Inspired by anti-authoritarian Uprisings Across the Arab world, called Set for protests across China, raising alarm about Beijing&&9;s prompting dissent and tightened censorship of the Internet.

Already China blocks foreign major social websites Such as Facebook and Twitter.

(Editing by Miral Fahmy)

China Paper Warns Google May Pay price for hacking claims

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