Google obviously sees China as an important growth opportunity. Perhaps their strategy is to launch a search service in China that is ‘compliant’ with local reg

Google obviously sees China as an important growth opportunity. Perhaps their strategy is to launch a search service in China that is ‘compliant’ with local regulations and they thought they could do that in a balanced way (e.g. warning users upfront before searching) but now that the story is out of the bag and they can’t control the narrative it’s tainted their approach and the opportunity.