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Baidu.com takes heat over medical supply ads

 
Baidu.com has been the star of China's Internet world. But now the search engine called "China's Google" is scrambling to rescue its reputation after state TV accused it of letting unlicensed suppliers of medical products pay for higher rankings on its... (link)

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