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Goliath vs Goliath?
“Foreign companies in China should respect the laws and regulations, respect the public interest of Chinese people and China's culture and customs and shoulder due social responsibilities. There is no exception for Google, " Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu on CRI
“It’s not Google that’s withdrawing from China. It’s China that’s withdrawing from the world.” blogger on Twitter, quoted by The Hindu
On January 12, Google announced that it was rethinking its business position in China. Citing freedom of speech and a series of cyberattacks the company said was traced to China, Google is considering leaving the world's largest internet market in terms of users. Would Google really pull out of China?
Google's chief legal officer David Drummond first announced the company's decision on the company's official blog. Among other issues, Drummond mentioned that Gmail accounts of human rights activists in China appear to have been “routinely accessed” by third parties. The company's executives in its US headquarters made the decision to stop filtering search results in China, even if, he said, it meant shutting down its business there.
The Chinese government insists, however, that Google could not expect to be exempted from following the law. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ma Zhaoxu also pointed out that China was the target of cyberattacks as well, CRI reported. Xinhua quoted another ministry spokesperson as saying in a press briefing that China's internet is “open.”
The dispute between China and Google could even affect wider Sino-US relations. The Washington Post said that it comes at a time when the US is trying to build closer ties with China. The cyberattacks, the Sydney Morning Herald reported, prompted the US to issue a formal protest in Beijing regarding the incident. How far-reaching will the consequences be if Google decides to leave China for good?
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| China Says Google "No Exception" to Law CRI - 19th January 2010 A Chinese government official said Tuesday that Google was "no exception" in observing China's laws and shouldering its social responsibilities. Google's pulling out of China: Who will get hurt? China.org.cn - 19th January 2010 Google's threat of pulling out of China has caused quite a stir. The world's most popular search engine said that its potential retreat is due to the cyber attacks and surveillance originated from China "combined with the attempts over the past year to further limit free speech on the web". However, the influence of Google's announcement has gone beyond the Internet and directly resulted in negotiations between the Chinese and US governments. China says its Web open, welcomes Int'l companies Xinhua - 14th January 2010 China's Internet is open and welcomes international companies, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Thursday, just two days after Google issued a statement saying it might quit China. Ministry responds to statement on Google.cn Shanghai Daily - 16th January 2010 Ministry of Commerce spokesman Yao Jian said yesterday that the ministry had received no indication from Google that the company will leave China. Giant Google dwarfed to ideological tool People's Daily Online - 19th January 2010 Unlike the purely commercial firms, Google has gone public with its high-profile corporate motto----Do Not Evil (sic), laying bare its self-position in the market as a multinational which seems mature enough to play its monopoly in return for the political interests; or charitably said, to act as a social enterprise. Let's google for truth behind search engine's pullout China Daily - 21st January 2010 China is a country that does not admit easy generalizations. The controversy over Google is a case in point. Let's begin with Google's stated reason for ceasing to comply with Chinese Internet regulations, that is, attacks on Gmail accounts. La Chine indique que Google n'est pas une exception à la loi Chine Nouvelle - 20th January 2010 Ma Zhaoxu, porte-parole du ministère chinois des Affaires étrangères, a déclaré mardi qu'il n'y aurait "pas d'exception" pour Google face aux lois chinoises et que la société devait assumer ses responsabilités sociales. |
Chinese Internet activists applaud Google, see no backdown Reuters - 13th January 2010 Google's announcement that it may quit China over censorship and hacking drew applause, warnings and bouquets from dissidents and Internet activists on Wednesday, with few seeing much chance of the wary government giving ground. China accused of cyber attack on Google and 'global industrial targets' Times Online - 22nd January 2010 Defence contractors, finance and technology companies, as well as human rights activists, were among the targets of the cyber attack on Google that resulted in the breakdown of relations between the internet search company and China. China's loss if Google quits: state media Radio86 - 14th January 2010 Google's announcement on Tuesday that it is rethinking its business position in China over cyberattacks and censorship issues was met with conflicting reactions in the world's biggest internet nation. Google en Chine: des journalistes étrangers piratés TSR (Télévision Suisse Romande) - 19th January 2010 Des comptes Gmail, la messagerie électronique de Google, de journalistes étrangers travaillant en Chine ont été piratés, a affirmé lundi l'association professionnelle de journalistes basée à Pékin, "Foreign Correspondents' Club of China" (FCCC). Google: Hillary Clinton veut une enquête "minutieuse" et "transparente" de la Chine France24 (afp) - 21st January 2010 La Chine doit enquêter avec "minutie" et "transparence" sur les cyberattaques dont a été victime Google, a réclamé jeudi la secrétaire d'Etat américaine Hillary Clinton. Google en Chine: dissidents et militants des droits de l'homme ravis France24 (afp) - 13th January 2010 Des dissidents chinois et des organisations de défense des droits de l'homme se sont déclarés satisfaits de la menace du géant de l'internet Google de cesser ses activités en Chine, mais certains y voient surtout une opération de relations publiques. Der er gået storpolitik i Googles kinesiske problemer Politiken.dk - 22nd January 2010 Washington støtter it-giganten. Beijing er officielt forsigtig. |
A New Approach to China Official Google Blog - 12th January 2010 Like many other well-known organizations, we face cyber attacks of varying degrees on a regular basis. In mid-December, we detected a highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China that resulted in the theft of intellectual property from Google. Tensions between Google and China complicate U.S. diplomacy Washington Post - 15th January 2010 Google's threat to pull out of China after revelations by the search-engine giant that hackers in China stole valuable corporate secrets from its computer systems comes as the United States is making a concerted push for closer ties with the Asian giant. Google tests loyalties of China's wired generation Reuters Canada - 20th January 2010 When Google threw down the gauntlet to China's Internet censors, it also challenged the loyalties of the nation's wired generation. China at Odds With Future in Internet Fight New York Times - 17th January 2010 At the elite Tsinghua University here, some students were joking Friday that they had better download all the Internet information they wanted now in case Google left the country. Méfiance de Google envers ses employés en Chine Radio Canada - 19th January 2010 Google tente de vérifier si certains de ses employés en Chine sont complices des attaques informatiques organisées à la mi-décembre contre des comptes de messagerie Gmail appartenant à des militants des droits de la personne, révèle le Wall Street Journal. |
For China’s Netizens, Google’s exit raises hard questions The Hindu - 17th January 2010 “It’s not Google that’s withdrawing from China. It’s China that’s withdrawing from the world.” In the hours after web giant Google unexpectedly announced it would stop censoring its search-engine in China, this was one of the most widely circulated comments on China’s blogs, posted by a blogger on Twitter. US to protest about internet raid Sydney Morning Herald - 17th January 2010 The United States will issue a formal protest to the Chinese Government over the cyber attack on Google that the company says originated in China. |
