Google has pulled back from launching two new handsets in China, while it continues to consider its future in the country.
The search engine giant was due to launch handsets manufactured specifically for the Chinese market on Wednesday, but this has now been postponed, reports The Times.
A Google source told the paper it would be “irresponsible” to launch the products considering the current uncertainty over whether Google will continue trading in China.
No details were released on the length of the postponement.
Google is set to start discussions with the Chinese government following a dispute over the censorship of search results on Google.cn and recent cyber attacks on the Google email accounts of human rights campaigners, believed to have originated in China.
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