Google temporarily shutting down all China offices

Reuters

Published Jan 29, 2020 04:14PM ET

Google temporarily shutting down all China offices

(Reuters) - Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Inc's Google said on Wednesday it is temporarily shutting down all its offices in China due to the outbreak of a new coronavirus in the country.

The shutdown includes all offices in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Google's offices in mainland China, where the company's services are not available, focus on sales and engineering for its advertising business.