Comments on: Google “leaves China” … for Hong Kong

By: David MacColeman

David MacColeman — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:05:23 +0000

Good for Google. If China wants to be a world power, then they have to get on board or jump over board. They have a army of hackers that do nothing but confuse the internet. The U.S. is now going to main frame servers, due in part to hackers here and abroad. China, hacks our security networks, our electrical grids, state government sites. This is terrrorism as it disrupts our society and forces the U.S. and other democracies to spend precious resources that could be used to help those nations that are struggling for freedom.

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wholesale lingerie — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 05:19:33 +0000

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By: Rosemary Han

Rosemary Han — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 03:05:55 +0000

Understandably, this move is an avid attempt for Google to uphold its principles, but what prevents China from completely blocking the Hong Kong search service in China? Isn’t some Google better than no Google? I find this development perplexing from a business standpoint. Baidu already dominates approximately 60% of the market; by pulling out of mainland China, Google’s rendering itself even less relevant. Unless of course, it draws even more mainland users with its non-censorship, which will then inevitably elicit scrutinization from the government and risk being shut down. I read through several Chinese blogs/forums and was surprised to find that a majority of the comments revealed a sense of indifference toward Google’s leaving mainland China. Perhaps there is also an element of nationalism associated with Baidu and domestic search engines that even trumps uncensored freedom.