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The report, quoting people close to the situation, said Google was in the late planning stages of a venture and will likely offer access to tunes from three global music companies as well as dozens of smaller brands.
The service could start in the next several weeks barring any last-minute problems, it said.
The move would come as Google struggles to wrestle market share from Baidu.com, which dominates the Chinese search market and offers music search.
Google representatives were not immediately available for comment.
China's search engine market reached $131 million in the fourth quarter--almost double from a year earlier, according to a research firm.
Baidu led the market in the fourth quarter with a 60.1 percent share, said Analysys International, while Google came in second with a 25.9 percent share, followed by Yahoo China with 9.6 percent.
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