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Any company operating in China must necessarily welcome a new stakeholder to the table, which are the Chinese citizens, themselves. With that, Chinese citizens

Any company operating in China must necessarily welcome a new stakeholder to the table, which are the Chinese citizens, themselves. With that, Chinese citizens are on the whole proud nationalists. Flag waving, chest thumping Nationalists, proud of their country and protecting against any perceived or real slight. Sure, many of them are likely Party members, raised from birth. So, it seems hard to discern the line here between it being an actual concerted government action against these companies vs. just simply a function of a gang of these loudly screaming nationalist citizens, connected through social media, calling out the companies.

ardy42 8y ago
> So, it seems hard to discern the line here between it being an actual concerted government action against these companies vs. just simply a function of a gang of these loudly screaming nationalist citizens, connected through social media, calling out the companies. There is also the 50 cent party. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Party
gurkendoktor 8y ago
In the case of airlines, it was the Chinese gov't directly. I would assume that they attempt to solve issues through "grassroots" complaints before officially stepping in. But it doesn't really matter. The end result is the same, Google becomes more susceptible to blackmail.
emiliobumachar 8y ago
That does not at all alleviate the concerns about Google's presence in China affecting the business outside of China. How does that square with the "separate sets of rules" you mentioned earlier?