Google has quietly opened a third office in China, illustrating its growing hardware and ad businesses even as its signature search engine is blocked there.
The new office is based in Shenzhen, the former fishing village turned Asian Silicon Valley which borders Hong Kong and is home to domestic tech giants like Tencent and Huawei.
Several US companies, including Facebook, are banned in China but continue to generate big business from the country. Increasingly global-facing manufacturers, such as Huawei and Xiaomi, and service providers like hotels and tourism groups, are turning to the likes of Google and Facebook to advertise their wares overseas.
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