You cherry picked that completely out of context. If you look at the paragraph right before you see that it corroborates that it's China, not the firewall, to

You cherry picked that completely out of context. If you look at the paragraph right before you see that it corroborates that it's China, not the firewall, to blame for the anti-competitive behavior: >Yes, Google made its own mistakes, including some cultural miscues. But the actions of the Chinese government against Google seemed less to do with regulations and more like harassment. The sanctions appeared directly tied to how well Google was doing in the marketplace. Google executives believed that Chinese officials had drawn a line in the sand — that when Google market share approached thirty percent, suddenly bad things would happen. Is that why you didn't link the article? https://backchannel.com/when-it-comes-to-china-googles-experience-still-says-it-all-bdc4eeedd32c#.wgnn5u5kk https://backchannel.com/when-it-comes-to-china-googles-exper...