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If you do business you have to cooperate with the government and the law of that land. It is up to the people of that country to change their laws and governmen
by badrabbit 8y ago
If you do business you have to cooperate with the government and the law of that land. It is up to the people of that country to change their laws and government.
I would be much more concerned if google gets an exception. In the west bigcorp gets their lobbyist army (google is #1) to get past laws and the people's will. I hope China won't bow down to Google. America is operated by corporations, some countries are not.
- naiveai 8y agoChina is an authoritarian state. China isn't going to bow down to Google. The honorable, and the correct, thing for Google to do is not operate in China, but of course they aren't going to do that.
- nikitoz 8y agoIf Chinese people are fine with their government and great firewall, why should we or Google care.
- rdlecler1 8y agoBecause China will have leverage over Google and it has used that leverage in the past to affect countries/people outside of China.
- badrabbit 8y agoBaidu is many times more popular in China,makes little difference to mainland chinese people.
- volkisch 8y agoShh, you'll alert the drones.
- rdlecler1 8y agoAmerica is operated by the people (including corporations) whereas China is run by the party. It’s more likely that China will be coercing Google tonchange their business outside of China. But it doesn’t sound like that would worry you.
- heavenlyblue 8y agoBut the only two ways Google will ever become successful in China is by cooperating or by overthrowing the Chinese government (it's a joke, just in case). I am not sure which one I would prefer: a corporation in charge of government, or a corporation known for "not being evil" being told what to do by an oppressive government.