Chinese employees of seven advertising agencies protest at the Google Shanghai office in Raffles City building in Shanghai, China, 9 November 2010.
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Chinese employees of seven advertising agencies protest at the Google Shanghai office in Raffles City building in Shanghai, China, 9 November 2010. Google is facing a hunger strike in China from a group of advertising resellers who are protesting the company for terminating their contracts. Starting this week, about 200 employees from the seven Chinese ad reselling companies began protesting outside Googles offices in Shanghai, said Fan Meiyong, a representative for the group. About 40 of those participating have gone on a hunger strike that will last until the groups grievances are resolved, Fan added. In September, Google notified the seven ad resellers that it would be ending the partnerships. But the companies say they do not know the reasons behind the termination. Since then the ad resellers have said they have held talks with Google about the matter, but the issues are still unresolved. The group has even written an open letter to Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, asking them for their intervention. Our companies have been working with Google to sell only their online advertisements. For the last four to five years we have been growing as a company and working with them, Fan said. But we do not know why they suddenly wanted to end the partnerships. Now it is difficult for us to operate as a business. The ad resellers want Google to apologize and pay US$7 million in compensation. However, in an emailed statement, Google said, We stand behind our decision.