Google, do not take Chinese netizens hostage
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Google, do not take Chinese netizens hostage
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Re: Google, do not take Chinese netizens hostage
#2I suggest we take news from People's Daily - the official list of Communist Party of China - with a grain of salt.
Re: Google, do not take Chinese netizens hostage
#3I suggest we take news from People's Daily - the official list of Communist Party of China - with a grain of salt.
It's interesting to read their spin.
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#4"The Chinese society has generally less information bearing capacity than developed countries such as the U.S., which is an objective reality that no one can deny."
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#5"The Chinese society has generally less information bearing capacity than developed countries such as the U.S., which is an objective reality that no one can deny."
The concept of societal "information bearing capacity" blows my mind. What a fascinating and bizarre rationalization. So inside that mindset, preventing access to information is a a public service!
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#6I noticed that no where in the article is there any mention of the actual reason that Google came out with this announcement (i.e. they were (cyber) attacked by sources that were presumably linked with the Chinese government). It seems to only be talking about censorship and comparing China to other Western countries.
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#7Perhaps Google's decisions have nothing to do with ideology. Perhaps they are legitimately concerned about IP theft and security, and are simply exiting china in the most PR friendly way possible.
Re: Google, do not take Chinese netizens hostage
#8I noticed that no where in the article is there any mention of the actual reason that Google came out with this announcement (i.e. they were (cyber) attacked by sources that were presumably linked with the Chinese government). It seems to only be talking about censorship and comparing China to other Western countries.
If I were a Chinese citizen I'd avoid mentioning my government at all costs.
Re: Google, do not take Chinese netizens hostage
#9I noticed that no where in the article is there any mention of the actual reason that Google came out with this announcement (i.e. they were (cyber) attacked by sources that were presumably linked with the Chinese government). It seems to only be talking about censorship and comparing China to other Western countries.
To be fair, the author perhaps does allude indirectly to the attacks by trying to point out a perceived hypocrisy of Google being willing to operate under the patriot act:
To combat terrorism after the "9/11" terrorist attack, the U.S. has permitted police to search civilian emails and even monitor their communications without permission
A related post in the side-links does opine on the attacks directly though: Google probes inside job in hackings.
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#10"Such politicization was not provoked by China, but imposed by the U.S. and the west onto China."
Wow, this isn't even good propaganda. I wrote better BS than this for class papers. More believable, anyway.
I guess I should detail a rebuttal. China engaged in an act of war (attack) on a private company, Grossly unethical should not go ignored, and certainly not cooperated with. If the people of China don't like the outcome, they should consider what their government is doing. If you shoot at me, don't be surprised if I stop coming by your house. Sorry if the other members of your household don't like it.