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Dec 11 2008

China blocks 74 websites for selling fake drugs, will Google be banned too for serving their ads ?

Bilal Hameed 

image thumb230 China blocks 74 websites for selling fake drugs, will Google be banned too for serving their ads ?

China has blacklisted 74 websites in China that were selling fake herbal medicines online and has also warned consumers not to buy these drugs.

According to AFP:

"During the past year, following reports from citizens and investigations by our administration, we have discovered a lot of websites selling fake herbal medicines," the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicines said.

"In order to safeguard the health interests of the people and protect the image of traditional Chinese medicine… we are publicising the names of the websites," the administration said in a statement on its website.

Baidu, China’s search engine, has also received a lot of heat due to being complicit by serving ads of these fake drugs next to its search results. But it isnt just for Baidu, Google is now facing similar problems.

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