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Of course China want Google and Facebook, but only the "obedient and compliant" Google and Facebook.
by est 8y ago
Of course China want Google and Facebook, but only the "obedient and compliant" Google and Facebook.
- zarriak 8y agoNo they don't. Time and time again have chosen the local competition.
- fx32s 8y agoEasy to say if there is none
- est 8y agoIt's not a foreign/local problem, it's a service good/bad problem.
- sanxiyn 8y agoFor most people in South Korea, Naver search is better than Google search. I have no reason to doubt that for most people in China, Baidu search is better than Google search.
- raarts 8y agoApparently, a lot of users are commenting on Weibo about their deep untrust of Baidu -- and how they can’t wait for Google to come back to China [1]. Also Baidu seems to favor its own products for search engine rankings [2]. Further searching reveals reports that Baidu is significantly behind Google in AI, and that usability takes the backseat vs money. I would like to see a more thorough comparison between the two. [1] https://qz.com/593120/chinese-citizens-are-boycotting-search-engine-baidu-and-praying-for-google-to-come-back/ https://qz.com/593120/chinese-citizens-are-boycotting-search... [2] https://magichoth.com/20-top-differences-between-google-and-baidu-seo/ https://magichoth.com/20-top-differences-between-google-and-...
- Markoff 8y agoi would not call tens of thousands a lot in country with at least half billion internet users plus by my experience living years in China, Chinese are very brave when it confess to statements but actions are entirely different thing once they realize consequences, so even most of those few tens of thousands can't be taken seriously as was stated by other commenter, baidu it's superior for Chinese search, same as manner it's for Korean, giggle can't get right non Latin character languages
- sonnyblarney 8y ago"No they don't. Time and time again have chosen the local competition." Then why don't we just give the Chinese unfettered access to Google and 'see what they want' ...
- sanxiyn 8y agoNo, China does not want Google just like South Korea does not want Google. Everybody uses Naver here. China and South Korea do not want Google because local alternatives are superior.
- drawnwren 8y agoIf that were true, they wouldn't feel the need to ban Google. Naver is a completely different problem than China.
- sanxiyn 8y agoChina doesn't ban Google, China bans websites that do not comply with its law. Chinese law compliant Google was up in China from 2006 to 2009. As soon as Google is compliant, China will unblock Google.
- nitwit005 8y agoGoogle had a decent hunk of the market share when it was there, and it seems to be totally dominant in Taiwan. I'd note there were articles about people griping about it being blocked at the time: https://qz.com/239810/frustrated-chinese-web-users-bemoan-baidu-and-pine-for-the-days-of-google/ https://qz.com/239810/frustrated-chinese-web-users-bemoan-ba...
- sonnyblarney 8y agoOk then, let China have access to regular Google and Facebook and then everyone can make up their own minds, how about that? Because my bet is that there are 100's of millions of Chinese who wouldn't mind access to Facebook or Google.
- Bendingo 8y ago> Of course I must be naive and/or thick because I can't think why China would want them. Google/Facebook are used to sell things and spy on users. China surely has plenty of other ways of doing both.
- est 8y ago> Google/Facebook are used to sell things and spy on users. Easy, China want to use Google/Facebook to spy foreign targets. Google withdraw from China exactly because of this.