People's Daily, the ruling Communist Party's mouthpiece, posted a commentary on its Twitter and Facebook accounts, which welcomes US internet giant Google back to mainland China as long as it complies with the relevant laws. Google is working on a filtered search engine in China eight years after its previous departure from the country, although approval will be down to Chinese regulators, a person familiar with the plans told the South China Morning Post earlier. Google's plan for a filtered search app in China was first reported by The Intercept, while The Information reported Google also had plans for a Toutiao-like news aggregator for the country. Meanwhile Bloomberg reported Google is also in talks with Tencent and others on a potential cloud services business in China. The US-based search engine giant chose to leave China's market in 2010, shutting down major services including its search engine, Gmail and Google Maps, when the company said it discovered a cyberattack from China and found Gmail accounts of some Chinese human-rights activists had been hacked. Notwithstanding the Global Times commentary, Chinese media outlets Caixin and the Securities Daily have quoted anonymous regulator sources as saying that Chinese regulators have denied the possibility of Google's core search engine business returning to China. The Global Times commentary also says that while China is committed to opening up to the outside world, "China will adhere to the implementation of its laws on internet governance, ensuring activities in cyberspace are safe for society." - South China Morning Post.. Read more