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In which Google attempts to comply with the letter, but certainly not the spirit, of a directive from a communist dictatorship.
by alanh 16y ago
In which Google attempts to comply with the letter, but certainly not the spirit, of a directive from a communist dictatorship.
- stcredzero 16y agoWhat could possibly go wrong?
- jrockway 16y agoThe Chinese government could hack their US-based servers? Oh wait, they already did that.
- garply 16y agoChina is only nominally communist and has no dictator. I think pseudo-capitalist oligarchy is more accurate.
- dublinclontarf 16y agoFascism
- falsestprophet 16y agoThe question of who rules China is pretty interesting. It turns out that the whole operation is run by a group of 9 scientists and engineers. They are called the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China [1]. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politburo_Standing_Committee_of_the_Communist_Party_of_China http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politburo_Standing_Committee_of...
- cma 16y agoVaguely related Orwell essay: http://www.netcharles.com/orwell/essays/james-burnham.htm http://www.netcharles.com/orwell/essays/james-burnham.htm
- varjag 16y agoWhich might well have been the point from the communist dictatorship. Google obeying their directive, if only formally, is a face-saving act for CPC. The redirect from the landing page can easily be censored, Google can have their Internet license, and the Party can pretend to domestic public that they have won. Everyone is happy.