A Google spokesman confirms to paidContent that the company has put additional cash into Top100.cn but wouldn’t provide additional details. PCWorld cites Chinese media reports that say both Google and Chinese basketball star (and past Top100 backer) Yao Ming participated in what it says is Top100’s second funding round.

Google basically withdrew from the Chinese search market in March, when it said it would stop censoring its search results in that country and would instead automatically redirect visitors to its uncensored search page in Hong Kong. Last week, the company said that Chinese authorities had said the roundabout was no longer acceptable, and, in an attempt to keep its website up in the country, it would instead add a landing page to its Chinese site. The page includes a link to Google.com.hk, as well as a link to the music service, which is still functional. No word yet on whether Chinese authorities have given the green light to the arrangement.