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As search engines battle each other for China's market share of Internet users, which is moving towards the second highest in the world, Google has announced the launch of Chinese search services designed to capture a portion of China's web audience.

The services include a Chinese-English dictionary, weather reports, and people tracking capabilities, according to JapanToday.com. This move seems to respond to the launching of Yisou.com, a Yahoo-owned Chinese search engine.

If you include Yahoo's 3721.com and Google investment in Baidu.com, it appears as if the battle lines for search engine dominance in China have been drawn. An interesting tidbit comes from a posted response to the story that appeared in Japan Today.

ZhongGuo states that the Chinese public will be getting a "lite" version of the people search, while China's government will be receiving a "full blown one." No confirmation on this matter has been given, but judging from the information censorship that occurs in China, this thought comes with little surprise.

Chris Richardson is a search engine writer and editor for WebProNews. Visit WebProNews for the latest search news.