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Can the shares of the search sultan sprint past intermediate-term resistance?

The shares of Chinese Internet issue Baidu.com, Inc. (BIDU: View sentiment for BIDUsentiment, chart, options) are higher in early afternoon trading, inching into the black despite a warning from Beijing.

China Begins Web Vulgarity Crackdown; Google, Baidu Targeted

Beijing - The Chinese government has launched a campaign to "clean up a vulgar current on the Internet" that targets 19 companies, including search leaders Baidu (NASD:Â BIDU) and Google (NASD:Â GOOG), Reuters reported, citing a report on the official news site China.com.cn.

China To Google, Baidu: Stop Linking To Porn (GOOG)

China,-Welcome.jpgAnother "crackdown" in China: This time, it's Chinese censors declaring a new campaign against Internet "vulgarity." In the cross-hairs are search engines like Baidu (BIDU), Google (GOOG), and 17 other firms for linking to off-color content.

China's Baidu.com Accused of Rigging Search

Beijing - For months, the Web site China City Map ranked among the top results for the Chinese term "provincial map" on Google (GOOG) and other search engines, including China's No. 1 player, Baidu (BIDU). Then in August, salesmen representing Baidu asked the site to buy ads that would appear after a user typed in words related to maps in China. Chief Executive Michael Chen declined, figuring he was doing just fine without the ads. But in September, the site vanished from Baidu's results, though it still ranked high on Google and Yahoo! (YHOO) Traffic dropped by 90%. "If you have problems with Baidu," says Chen, "you're basically dead."

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