China Won't Learn Any Lessons Should Google Leave
How many Chinese censors does it take to unscrew the Google lightbulb? A whole bunch of them, judging by this The New York Times story.
The paper reports that Beijing bureaucrats are warning Google's partners in China that they will have to jump through the usual maze of censoring loops should the Internet giant finally decide to abandon that market.
Speculation has abound that Google is contemplating two options: stopping censoring its website or abandoning its China operations all together, with the Times citing sources that the latter is the preferred alternative since the negotiations with the Beijing censors are not progressing.
Google threatened back in January that it would abandon its China operations after its corporate infrastructure was attacked by parties based out of China. The attacks resulted in unauthorized access to, among others, email accounts belonging to human rights activists in that country.
The New York Times:
This is our take. If you want progress to take place in your country, which is Beijing's mantra, you will need to open your mind to knowledge. Try to keep knowledge in a bottle, and the genie will pop up sooner or later.
Just Google it.
The paper reports that Beijing bureaucrats are warning Google's partners in China that they will have to jump through the usual maze of censoring loops should the Internet giant finally decide to abandon that market.
Speculation has abound that Google is contemplating two options: stopping censoring its website or abandoning its China operations all together, with the Times citing sources that the latter is the preferred alternative since the negotiations with the Beijing censors are not progressing.
Google threatened back in January that it would abandon its China operations after its corporate infrastructure was attacked by parties based out of China. The attacks resulted in unauthorized access to, among others, email accounts belonging to human rights activists in that country.
The New York Times:
The warning was intended to head off a wave of frustrated users should their Internet searches be stymied because of Google’s conflict with the government. Google controls nearly 30 percent of China’s Internet search market.
China’s most popular Web portal, www.sina.com.cn, features the Google search box in the middle of its home page. Ganji.com, another highly popular Web site, displays Google’s search box in its upper-left-hand corner.
China’s most popular Web portal, www.sina.com.cn, features the Google search box in the middle of its home page. Ganji.com, another highly popular Web site, displays Google’s search box in its upper-left-hand corner.
This is our take. If you want progress to take place in your country, which is Beijing's mantra, you will need to open your mind to knowledge. Try to keep knowledge in a bottle, and the genie will pop up sooner or later.
Just Google it.
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