Shortly after Google's departure from China, the Chinese government has renewed the search engine's licence to operate in China ending the tussle between both sides. 

The hacking of Gmail accounts and censorship of Google search engines were the major reasons for the broken relationship between the two, and prospects of renewal were highly doubted. 

Renewal of Google's Internet Content Provider (ICP) licence has secured Internet giant's presence in one of the world's largest internet market. Last week Google automatically stopped redirecting users in China to its uncensored Hong Kong site, which angered officials in Beijing.

The licence has been renewed through 2012 but the officials will conclude their decision annually. The Chinese still have the authority to pull the licence if they find Google's operations not compliance with their norms. 

"We are very pleased that the government has renewed out...licence and we look forward to continuing to provide we search and local products to our users in China" stated Google's top lawyer, David Drummond.

"As a company we aspire to make information available to users everywhere, including China. It's why we have worked to hard to keep Google.cn alive, we well as to continue our research and development work in China. This new approach is consistent with our commitment not to self censor and, we believe, with local law." a positive statement by Google.

Although according to BBC news "Analysts welcomed the renewal, but warned that fundamental differences between Google and China remained"

Lets hope that China and Google resolve their issues once and for all, avoiding another bitter tussle between them in the future.