For those that are wondering why their Google stock is plummeting like Lucifer from Heaven:
Official Google Blog: A new approach to China
Google threat a rare show of defiance in China - Forbes.com
The blogspot post was linked in an earlier thread, but then there's this:
Statement on Google Operations in China
Big trouble brewing in little China, folks. I, as a Chinese person with relatives in and out of China, seriously applaud this move. Amazingly, my parents think this is all some huge conspiracy from Google and the US government (they're pretty brainwashed by the Chinese news we get) and that the Chinese government is in the right.
They think the main issues between China and Google are intellectual properties that Google stole from writers, which just goes to show the extent that China can spin/cover up the truth. My parents seem to represent a startling number of peers in and out of China. You really have to give it to Google to make a stand in a country where government support is a necessity to business survival.
tl;dr haiku -
Google gets hacked
Censorship isn't right
Ching Chong China's wrong
thanks for your post. interesting to hear from someone who is in a position to see both sides.
the whole thing is kinda odd to me personally cause i know no one who lives in such a censored state. Crazy to think that in todays world people still have to rely solely on what the TV news tells them and for the most part they believe it.