Na grote successen in het eigen land China, waarbij het met succes Google nog steeds ver achter zich laat, gaat Baidu hetzelfde kunststukje proberen te herhalen in Japan in 2007.
“We carefully studied the Japanese market,” said Mr. Li, who is also Baidu’s chairman. “It’s primarily dominated by two players we are very familiar with. We think we can do better.” … Baidu feels it will have an advantage because the Japanese written language is based on Chinese characters.