Baidu.com 你丢脸丢到了全球去了 这就是一个老外对你的评价 I would say

First of all, Baidu is a totally copy of Google, or I would say steal Google's whole idea and put their own name on it. From day one, Baidu had it current looking which is obviously Google-style. I was surprised that Google can live with that without any action.

Something ago (maybe more that a year) I read some rumours saying that Google want to buy Baidu, but the proposal was rejected, because Baidu want to go public in US stock market just like a few other Chinese internet companies such as Sohu, Sina, Netease, etc.

Now Google is investing into it. Looks like Google REALLY want chinese market