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I think (judging by downvotes) that I am being misunderstood. My thinking was along these lines: Mr Small Chinese Exporter wakes up tomorrow unable to access h
by netcan 17y ago
I think (judging by downvotes) that I am being misunderstood.
My thinking was along these lines: Mr Small Chinese Exporter wakes up tomorrow unable to access his Google Adwords account which is how he connects to foreign importers. He's out of widgets and wants to stop advertising them. He can't even suspend the campaign and they keep charging his credit card. That's bad business. I'm not sure China would want to do that suddenly even if they do plan to eventually block all of Google's stuff.
I took "al' Google service" to mean all the different Google products.
- tel 17y agoHistorically, China would do that. Probably it'll depend on how many influential people actually use google docs and such. I suspect not enough.
- dpatru 17y agoPerhaps this was Google's strategy from the beginning. Introduce useful services into the Chinese market while accepting government restrictions, then when enough Chinese have become dependent on these services, try to negotiate the restrictions from a position of strength, knowing that China would not want to be responsible for leaving Google's Chinese customers without service.
- riobard 17y agoWhat happens to "Mr Small Chinese Exporter" is never a concern for such a government like the Chinese one ...
- netcan 17y agoI disagree.