Global by Design

Now that Google is getting into the music downloading business in China, 2008 promises to be a very interesting year in the battle between Google China and the leading Chinese search engine Baidu.

Google today unveiled a “Year of the Rat” logo on its home page:

And, wouldn’t you know it, so did Baidu:

Interesting times.

PS: Here is Yahoo! China…

• Baidu Japan: Coming January 23rd
• Baidu vs. Google: Round Two
• Baidu.co.jp? China’s Leading Search Engine Eyeing Japan
• Can Baidu Out-Google Google?
• Baidu Beating Google in China
• Google vs. Baidu: A User Experience Analysis