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WASHINGTON (AFP)--The U.S. said Friday that it will formally ask the Chinese government in "the coming days" for an explanation of China-based cyberattacks on the Internet giant Google Inc. (GOOG).

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"We will be issuing a formal demarche to the Chinese government in Beijing on this issue in the coming days, probably early this week," State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley told reporters.
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"It will express our concern for this incident and request information from China as to an explanation of how it happened and what they plan to do about it," he said.
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has already informally asked for an explanation from China for what Google said was a wave of "highly sophisticated" cyberattacks aimed at Chinese human rights activists.
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The White House on Thursday backed Google's decision to no longer submit to China's Internet censorship in a row the search giant warns could lead it to pull out of the country.
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The row has threatened to rattle ties between Washington and Beijing -- already frayed over a number of issues, from the Copenhagen climate change debacle to the value of the Chinese yuan and a number of other trade disputes.
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