Name: Geoffrey
Article title: China gives first reponse to Google threat
Source of the article: BBC news
Name of the article writer: it does not mention
Date of the article: Thursday, 14 January 2010
Summary:
In recent days, the accounts of Gmail users who advocates of human rights in China have been "routinely accessed by the third party". And because Google.cn is under strict censorship in China, Google decided to end its China operation. On Thursday, 14 January, China gave the first reponse to Google that internet firms are welcome to do business in China according to the law. Chinese government did not give up the strict censorship and it has no great loss as Baidu can totally replace the leave of Google.cn.
My perspective:
I think every company has its own sense of value. And the reason why a company can be a great one is not only because of its advanced technology, intelligence employees and powerful leaders. The value of the company contributes a lot to the growth of the company. Google is famous for its value "Don't be evil". And what Google pursues is to give the best that customers can have. But the experience in China frustrates Google a lot because it needs to be under strict censorship. What's more, Gmail users are being attacked by the Chinese government, which means it is no longer secure to use services of Google . Google decided to leave and end its operation in China. It's a great loss for the Chinese internet surfers not only because they may lose the greatest search engine, but also because they are further from the most advanced technology in the world.
China gave the first response to Google. As expected, China won't give up the strict censorship. "China's internet is open and Chinese government encourages development of the internet", however, transnational corporation must obey the regional law.
Neither part would give in. Google has to choose to leave.
I don't see Google's leave as a threat to Chinese government, but a act that interprets its company's value "Don't be evil". If Baidu can replace the leave of Google.cn and Google are not regretful for it's decision which may cause some loss in Chinese market, I think it should be the time for Google to say "byebye" to China.
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