Baidu faces popular backlash over promotion of sponsored sites

Chinese users slam internet giant for bias in search results

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Baidu dominates China's search engine market, holding a share of over 80%. (Photo by Akira Kodaka)

COCO LIU, Nikkei staff writer

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.

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