Earlier this week, Google threatened to pull its service from China if the company and the government could not come to an agreement over the censoring of content. Chinese officials have fired back today, claiming the Internet is a free place in China, but that companies must obey the law.
"China's Internet is open," said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu. "China welcomes international ... [ read the full article ]
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Originally posted by willr666: I like it when geeks try to think business.
The Chinese Government has a LOT to lose. ...
Why don't you explain to "the geeks" exactly what does the Chinese Govt. has to lose? Please enlighten me how all the western businesses in China will cease to operate when Google pulls out...Is McDonalds or Coca Cola gonna pack it all up and out, right? You make it sound like everything "westerny" in China is based on Google...
Ok,here goes. To the West, China has always looked like an untapped piggybank. "Just think of all the money we could make in China" has been the mantra of Western businesses for the past 30 years (since Nixon opened-up China). Unfortunately, the Chinese government, time and time again, has used their 'state powers' to make it impossible for Western companies to be competitive in the Chinese market. In fact, the joke in international business circles is "everyone goes to China, but no one makes any money".
Ok, so the Chinese aren't too receptive to Western businesses moving into their market. Now, it seems, they will use the government not only to 'cripple' Western businesses, but try to hack into their core computer systems (they breached over 25 companies). This is an escalation of China (again) showing that they are capable of high-profile industrial sabotage.
Also, read up about Coke/Pepsi in India - you'll learn a thing or two.
Originally posted by willr666: I like it when geeks try to think business.
The Chinese Government has a LOT to lose. ...
Why don't you explain to "the geeks" exactly what does the Chinese Govt. has to lose? Please enlighten me how all the western businesses in China will cease to operate when Google pulls out...Is McDonalds or Coca Cola gonna pack it all up and out, right? You make it sound like everything "westerny" in China is based on Google...
Ok,here goes. To the West, China has always looked like an untapped piggybank. "Just think of all the money we could make in China" has been the mantra of Western businesses for the past 30 years (since Nixon opened-up China). Unfortunately, the Chinese government, time and time again, has used their 'state powers' to make it impossible for Western companies to be competitive in the Chinese market. In fact, the joke in international business circles is "everyone goes to China, but no one makes any money".
Ok, so the Chinese aren't too receptive to Western businesses moving into their market. Now, it seems, they will use the government not only to 'cripple' Western businesses, but try to hack into their core computer systems (they breached over 25 companies). This is an escalation of China (again) showing that they are capable of high-profile industrial sabotage.
Also, read up about Coke/Pepsi in India - you'll learn a thing or two.
I am sorry, I am still missing the part where the Chinese govt. is at a loss...
