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I just "Tiananmen square" on Google and its almost all about the massacre of 1989. The picture of the tank rolling toward the man is at the top on the right. I
by jmull 9y ago
I just "Tiananmen square" on Google and its almost all about the massacre of 1989. The picture of the tank rolling toward the man is at the top on the right.
I guess you mean searching for "Tiananmen square" in China It seems to me it's the Chinese government censoring this, not Google. Google has a role, of course, but it's that it isn't able to stand up to the Chinese Government. (Breaking it up, whatever that means, surely wouldn't improve its leverage over the Chinese government.
Just pointing out, your angst on this score is misdirected. Change in China will not and cannot come from foreign companies operating there.
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- apatters 9y ago> Change in China will not and cannot come from foreign companies operating there. It can and it must. These companies can and should lobby their governments to place tariffs and restrictions on Chinese companies and their products/services, unless the Chinese become a more open society. An uncensored Google in China would encourage democratic reforms. Democratic reforms would bring Chinese labor rights closer to a Western standard, eroding a principal reason Western firms outsource to China. This rising tide would lift all boats except for the Communist Party's. History is filled with examples of countries which became more free and then grew through openness and trade. These countries became new markets for companies like Google and many others. What we lack today is leaders with the vision and courage to follow this path, both in politics and business.
- random4369 9y agoI'm not convinced an uncensored Google would encourage democratic reforms. Google US is comparatively much more 'open' but democratic process is also failing there due to other pressures.