{"id":174532,"date":"2010-01-13T11:11:19","date_gmt":"2010-01-13T16:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kempton.wordpress.com\/?p=9013"},"modified":"2010-01-13T11:11:19","modified_gmt":"2010-01-13T16:11:19","slug":"google-cn-decision-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/174532","title":{"rendered":"Google.cn decision (part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I blogged yesterday “Google attacked and likely to exit China<\/a>” and “Flowers for Google.cn<\/a>“. I will try to write some more when I can find some quiet time to write. In the mean time, Jeff Jarvis has an insightful post “What Google should do” on this Google.cn decision<\/a><\/strong>. It is a great read. Here is one excerpt (with emphasis added),<\/p>\n

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“I know some will say that Google wasn\u2019t doing that well in China anyway<\/strong> (it controls\u00a031%<\/a> of the market); they\u2019ll ascribe cynical motives. But I say: Name one other company that finally said \u201cenough!\u201d <\/strong>and put ethic, morals, and company standards over its lust for the Chinese market. Not Yahoo. Not Cisco. Not Nokia. Not Siemens. Not The New York Times Company. Google has.<\/strong>“<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Have a read of the Atlantic writer James Fallows’ article “The Google news: China enters its Bush-Cheney era”<\/a><\/strong> for some insightful analysis and discussions. After reading Jeff’s articles, I don’t know if The Economist’s “Google errs – Google’s plan to withdraw from China may be as much about poor business prospects as ethics”<\/a><\/strong> has much leg room to stand on. See also BBC “Chinese surprise at Google pull-out threat”<\/a><\/strong> (note:<\/strong> I am not surprised at Baidu’s responses which, in cases like this, I see as another mouthpiece for the Chinese government. Think, what can a Chinese company do? Even Google has to be clear that its Chinese employees are NOT involved in this decision!!!).<\/p>\n

And I plan to watch Jeff’s Apr 2009 talk (YouTube) at Google\u2019s offices in Washington<\/a> later when I find some time.<\/p>\n

Again, I will try to share more of my thoughts when I can find some quiet time to write.<\/p>\n

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