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> Google fears China is going to create their own version of Google and will lose access to the country They already lost access to China nine years ago, and a

• ApolloFortyNine 8y ago
  >They already lost access to China nine years ago, and are now trying to get that access back. Google withdrew from China on their own. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_China#Operation_Aurora_and_2010_withdrawal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_China#Operation_Aurora_... For 9 years they ignored one of the world's largest market's, and likely soon to be the world's largest market. They don't get nearly enough credit for that, entering china now isn't going to be easy, with Baidu having such a stronghold there today. Perhaps they thought China would change, perhaps they decided the risk of Baidu becoming a threat is too great, who knows. But does anyone really think Google not entering China will change anything? If everyone in the United States stopped buying made in China products tomorrow, that could cause a change. But the Chinese who don't have access to Google? They'll just continue using Baidu.