It’s all in the news now – that Google is likely pulling out of China – or in essence if they won’t censor content anymore they will be blocked by China. This is in the wake of what everyone believes if China hacking into Google searching for Chinese human right’s leaders information. I wonder if this just ticked Google off and they had enough. It’s a potential revenue loss for Google – but then again they’re whole model is free information which censorship really puts a kink into.
I wonder if this really will impact China – they seem to be an economic Juggernaut that can almost set it’s own terms. That the rest of the world is willing to toe the line because of the money (drooling over a growing market). Will China really be impacted without Google’s products? It seems like the citizens of the country will toe the line – they don’t seem to be frustrated with the censorship. Maybe they’re just happy with a new standard of living – which they may believe the government is helping them obtain. It’s unlikely there will be a popular revolt over losing Google (but I could be wrong). View full article »
