Google move on China awaited this week

It remains unclear exactly what Google Inc. will do about its operations in China but a decision will reportedly come this week.

The Wall Street Journal said an announcement could come as early as Monday, citing information from an unnamed person briefed on the matter.

The Mountain View search giant's decision to stop censoring the results of its search engine in China met with new criticism there over the weekend.

The state-owned Xinhua news agency accused Google of "playing an active role in exporting culture, value and ideas" and said the company's "ambition to change China's Internet rules and legal system will only prove to be ridiculous."

It remains uncertain whether Google will close only its Chinese search engine at www.google.cn or will shut down all of its business operations in the country. Talks with Chinese officials about keeping the search engine running with less censorship have reportedly been fruitless.