In a Wednesday statement, Google spokeswoman confirmed that that the company will end the automatic rerouting of users from its China to its Hong Kong website within the next couple of days.

The move, which comes as a concession to the China which had threatened the cancellation of the Google license, will require the Google users in China to click on a link that connects them to the Hong Kong site. 

Noting that the move indicates Google’s attempts to change the way in which Internet users in China access its site after the objections raised by Chinese authorities over the redirection of users to an uncensored Hong Kong site, David Drummond, the chief legal officer at Google, said in a blog post: “This new approach is consistent with our commitment not to self-censor and, we believe, with local law.”

Google revealed that China had termed its automatic rerouting strategy as “unacceptable” and had threatened to annul the company’s license; which though ends in 2012, but will be put up for renewal on Wednesday.

The license - an Internet Content Provider license from China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology – is a mandatory prerequisite for every China-based website; and is generally renewed on a yearly basis.

As such, if the license is not renewed, as Google has threatened, it would not be possible for Google run a search website in China.