HONG KONG -- China's search engine Baidu Inc. is facing a wave of public criticism in the world's largest internet market as users question whether Baidu has abused its monopoly in a country where Google is absent.
The criticism was triggered by a blog post titled "Search engine Baidu is already dead," which accused the company of promoting its own sites -- in particular, a blog-style platform called Baijiahao -- instead of objectively returning the best search results.
