"Microsoft would have you believe that the additional revenue will come solely from increased prices, " argued Google's senior counsel, David Drummond.

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The attendees have included chief legal officer David Drummond, senior vice president of engineering Jeff Huber, senior vice president of product management Jonathan Rosenberg, and YouTube chief Salar Kamangar, said people familiar with the matter.

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"We very much hope that the Chinese government respects our decision, though we are well aware that it could at any time block access to our services, " David Drummond, Google's chief legal officer, wrote in a statement posted on the company's official blog.

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