It's worth noting that Baidu having a global presence allows the Chinese government to use it to attack their cyber enemies, so China has a vested interest in g

It's worth noting that Baidu having a global presence allows the Chinese government to use it to attack their cyber enemies, so China has a vested interest in growing Baidu. Last time, China used the Great Firewall to weaponize Baidu's analytics worldwide for the largest DDoS in history against github in 2015 because github hosted two projects that allowed Chinese citizens to get around the Great Firewall and read the New York Times uncensored.