{"id":648873,"date":"2013-03-26T13:46:24","date_gmt":"2013-03-26T17:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=623934"},"modified":"2013-03-26T13:46:24","modified_gmt":"2013-03-26T17:46:24","slug":"where-in-asia-is-googles-eric-schmidt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/648873","title":{"rendered":"Where in Asia is Google\u2019s Eric Schmidt?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Burgeoning populations and pockets of lagging technology infrastructure make Asia a prime location for IT development. Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt surely thinks so with his recent stint of trips across the continent, where he&#8217;s been spreading messages of open internet and much more. Click on our map below to see what else he&#8217;s been up to.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"eric-schmidt-map-final\" src=\"http:\/\/gigaom2.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/03\/eric-schmidt-map-v4.jpg?w=708&#038;h=650\" usemap=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/OmMalik\/~3\/4AN6zWPcVKg\/story01.htm#eric-schmidt-map-final\" width=\"708\" height=\"650\" class=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<map name=\"eric-schmidt-map-final\">\n<area title=\"Seoul, South Korea\" coords=\"537,278,639,365\" shape=\"rect\" href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/OmMalik\/~3\/4AN6zWPcVKg\/story01.htm#seoul-south-korea\" \/>\n<area title=\"Pyongyang, North Korea\" coords=\"522,172,636,269\" shape=\"rect\" href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/OmMalik\/~3\/4AN6zWPcVKg\/story01.htm#pyongyang-north-korea\" \/>\n<area title=\"Beijing, China\" coords=\"426,251,522,354\" shape=\"rect\" href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/OmMalik\/~3\/4AN6zWPcVKg\/story01.htm#beijing-china\" \/>\n<area title=\"New Delhi, India\" coords=\"156,310,282,438\" shape=\"rect\" href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/OmMalik\/~3\/4AN6zWPcVKg\/story01.htm#new-delhi-india\" \/>\n<area title=\"Yangon, Myanmar\" coords=\"268,446,439,537\" shape=\"rect\" href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/OmMalik\/~3\/4AN6zWPcVKg\/story01.htm#yangon-myanmar\" \/> <\/map>\n<h2 id=\"seoul-south-korea\">Seoul, South Korea<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='708' height='400' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c6vBI1imrwc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;%23038;fs=1&#038;%23038;showsearch=0&#038;%23038;showinfo=1&#038;%23038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;%23038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sept. 27, 2012:\u00a0Last year Schmidt took a trip to much less controversial South Korea, where he met with Samsung execs, promoted Nexus 7 and showed a sillier side by <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/korearealtime\/2012\/09\/27\/googles-schmidt-horses-around-with-psy\/\">dancing along with Psy and his viral &#8220;Gangnam Style<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"pyongyang-north-korea\">Pyongyang, North Korea<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_623958\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 718px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom2.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/03\/north-korea-cyber-attacks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Cyber Attack On South Korea Traced To China\" alt=\"A March cyber attack on South Korean computer networks has been traced to an IP address in China, despite many experts suspecting the attacks to originate in North Korea. Officials noted that while the attack was traced to an IP address it China may have originated elsewhere and been routed through the country to disguise the attackers. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun\/Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/gigaom2.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/03\/north-korea-cyber-attacks.jpg?w=708&#038;h=465\" width=\"708\" height=\"465\" class=\"size-large wp-image-623958\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A March cyber attack on South Korean computer networks has been traced to an IP address in China, despite many experts suspecting the attacks to originate in North Korea. \u00a0(Photo by Chung Sung-Jun\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jan. 7, 2013:\u00a0Google&#8217;s executive chairman took what many saw as a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/articles\/2013-03-21\/in-india-googles-eric-schmidt-explains-why-he-went-to-north-korea\">strange and controversial trip<\/a> to North Korea, where he advocated for a free and open internet in what he calls &#8220;the\u00a0last really closed country in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"beijing-china\">Beijing, China<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_623950\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 718px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom2.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/03\/eric-schmidt-2006-china.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"During a 2006 trip to Beijing, Google chief executive Eric Schmidt spells Chinese characters &#34;Gu Ge&#34; at the inauguration of the company new Chinese brand name April 12, 2006 in Beijing, China. Google said it has adopted the Chinese-language brand name &#34;Gu Ge&#34; for its Chinese operations, with Google chief executive Eric Schmidt saying the new name demonstrated Google's commitment to China. (Photo by Guang Niu\/Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/gigaom2.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/03\/eric-schmidt-2006-china.jpg?w=708&#038;h=531\" width=\"708\" height=\"531\" class=\"wp-image-623950\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">During a April 2006 trip to Beijing, Google chief executive Eric Schmidt spells Chinese characters &#8220;Gu Ge&#8221; \u00a0at the inauguration of the company new Chinese brand name. (Photo by Guang Niu\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Feb. 20, 2013: Attending a TED-like event known as Geek Park, Schmidt made his first public appearance in China in three years. In his hour-long talk, he <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2013-02-20\/geek-park-lures-google-s-schmidt-in-china-app-hunt-tech.html\">discussed Google&#8217;s Android operating system and encouraged developers to write apps for it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"new-delhi-india\">New Delhi, India<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_623966\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 718px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom2.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/03\/new-dehli.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"New Delhi (Thinkstock)\" alt=\"New Delhi\" src=\"http:\/\/gigaom2.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/03\/new-dehli.jpg?w=708&#038;h=531\" width=\"708\" height=\"531\" class=\"wp-image-623966\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Delhi (Thinkstock)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>March 21, 2013: While on a trip to the\u00a0Big Tent Activate Summit in New Delhi, Schmidt\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/media\/2013\/mar\/21\/google-eric-schmidt-china-warning\">warned about heavyhanded control over the internet in China<\/a>, where he had visited the month before, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/2013-03-21\/internet\/37902229_1_google-chairman-google-big-tent-event-internet-entrepreneurs\">advocated for better IT infrastructure<\/a>\u00a0in India.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"yangon-myanmar\">Yangon, Myanmar<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_623971\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 718px\"><a style=\"text-align:center;font-size:13px;\" href=\"http:\/\/gigaom2.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/03\/myanmar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Old colonial palace in Yangon, Myanmar.\" alt=\"Old colonial palace in Yangon, Myanmar.\" src=\"http:\/\/gigaom2.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/03\/myanmar.jpg?w=708&#038;h=472\" width=\"708\" height=\"472\" class=\"size-large wp-image-623971\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old colonial palace in Yangon, Myanmar. (Thinkstock)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>March 22, 2013:\u00a0Schmidt became the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2013\/03\/22\/174933743\/googles-eric-schmidt-heads-to-another-isolated-asian-nation\">first top \u00a0U.S. executive to visit Myanmar<\/a> after its decades-long military\u00a0dictatorship. 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Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt surely thinks so with his recent stint of trips across the continent, where he&#8217;s been spreading messages of open internet and much more. Click on our map below to see what else he&#8217;s been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7541,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-648873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7541"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648873\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}