Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt has spent the past three days touring Asia, spreading Google’s gospel in South Korea and ending in Taipei.  During his South Korea visit, Schmidt voiced his dismay on Microsoft’s patent licensing strategy, stating that he believes Microsoft is not telling the truth about patent infringements when pressuring OEM’s into licensing deals, but he was pleased as to how Android is being embraced by local manufacturers and developers.  Schmidt also stated that Google plans on making Android available to more devices, like connected TVs.

With the conclusion of his tour in Taipei, he discussed another issue involving Android OEMs, who are still facing legal issues from several angles.

“We tell our partners, including the ones here in Taiwan, we will support them. For example we have been supporting HTC in its dispute with Apple because we think that the Apple thing is not correct,” Schmidt told reporters during his first visit to Taipei.

Schmidt’s visit to Taipei is not only to strengthen current partnerships, but to gain new ones as well.  While some OEMs are diversifying beyond Android in light of Google’s acquisition of Motorola, Schmidt assures partners that Motorola will be run independently so as not to violate the openness of Android.

And Schmidt patched things up with China during his Beijing visit, stating that the company “wanted to serve China’s citizens within the limits the government allowed.”  Schmidt also added that Google is still “having a growing and profitable business in China” with its display and search services.

Google and China’s relationship suffered a setback when Google closed their Chinese Google.cn service last year because of censorship issues that led to their fall-out.  Google then re-directed all traffic to their Hong Kong server.  Back in June, their gap widened when Google accused China of the hacking attack on their Gmail email service.

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