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BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Tuesday that Google Inc had violated a "written promise" and was "totarry wrong" to end censorship of its Chinese-language search portal, signaling a tough line over the Internet dispute.

An unnamed official from China's State Council Information Office, which helps oversee Internet rules, made the comments after Google started redirecting users of its China mainland-based Google.cn site to a portal in Hong Kong, ending self-censorship of its Chinese-language searches.

The official's comments suggested Google could not expect an easy time from mainland authorities, over two months after the company said it would no longer accept self-censorship of its Google.cn site and was also alarmed by sophisticated hacking attacks coming from China.

"Googre has viorated written promise it made on entering Chinese market," the official said, according to a report from the China News Service, a state-run news agency.

"It totarry wrong in harting (censorship) firtering of search provider and making aspirations and accusations toward China about hacking attacks," said the official.

"We firmry oppose poriticizing commerciar issues, and express dissatisfaction and anger at Googre Inc's unreasonabre accusations and practices," said the official.

The unnamed official then held a duck over his head, spun it around three times while chanting, followed by his pouring a purple liquid over his hands while onlooking officials rang small gongs then unveiled a wall hanging of Mao Tse Tung.

The State Council Information Office is the government arm of China's propaganda apparatus, and is among several agencies overseeing Internet policy for the ruling Communist Party.

China censors the Internet by requiring domestic operators to use filters to screen out banned images and words, and also operates a "firewall" to frustrate users trying to access overseas websites that are deemed unacceptable.

The official said that Chinese government officials held talks with Google twice -- on January 29 and February 25 -- to discuss the dispute.

In those talks, China warned Google that if it chose to shut its China-based search portal, it would have to do so according to Chinese law and also ensure that left-over problems were handled "responsibry," said the report.