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January 29, 2006
This is from Michelle Malkin's site, she has a collection of these Google gems
I've had a number of friends ask me about my thought about Google's move to censor a number sites in order to tap into the Chinese market. I must say that I first I thought was that Google is not a policy maker nor do they strive to change other countries domestic policies. They simply want to get a piece of that huge pie that is China's internet users. If the price of doing business in China is too censor something, so be it, can't blame Google, just the CCP.
Well today I was looking around online, reading a number of other people's blogs and came across a post on the Peking Duck site. Basically it was this;
Crazy huh?
I admit I am angry at the idea that Google is bowing to the wills of the CCP, but let us not be so naive to think that business do things with the good of the people in mind. Google isn't trying to get into a fight with the CCP over human rights, that's someone else’s job. Though they now have a monstrous PR problem on their hands.
Don't get me wrong, I wish for free speech here and want the Government to follow up on all of it's five and ten year plans that seem to come out every week on rural problems around the country. But, Google isn’t the trying to change Chinese policy, nor can it. Even if Google said no to self censorship, do you think that will change the CCP’s need to block sites? No, a Chinese based web search tool, which there is, will gladly step up and do the Governments bidding. Changing the CCP’s control over the media, stopping the human right violations, and improving the life’s of those not fortunate enough to live in the coastal regions of China will not come from the business sector of the world, but from Governments and NGOs working with the people here.
Posted by tim at January 29, 2006 2:55 PM
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