The Race Is One: Web search leader Google and its top rival in China Baidu.com are racing to create their online library services in a fierce battle for a slice of the world’s second-largest Internet market.
Baidu has already secured a strategic partnership with Peking University Library in Beijing, one of Asia’s largest academic libraries, in preparation for the launch of its online book service, publishing and Internet sources familiar with the situation told Reuters on Thursday.
‘Baidu has already secured good relations with many local universities and libraries,’ said a Chinese publishing source familiar with the situation.
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