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>While Google is probably sad to see them go, it would be even sadder to continue missing out on the world's largest market. Honestly what I see happening, if
by ApolloFortyNine 8y ago
>While Google is probably sad to see them go, it would be even sadder to continue missing out on the world's largest market.
Honestly what I see happening, if Google isn't allowed to position themselves for a rentry into China, is Baidu eventually making an international debut. They have been developing an entire google-esque eco system in a bubble for years now. If Google was there, they wouldn't have such a strangle hold there, and wouldn't become an international threat.
- fucking_tragedy 8y agoWhy would the CCP allow a foreign company to outcompete one of their own homegrown darlings?
- RandomInteger4 8y agoWhat would it matter if Google is operating within the parameters of the government's censorship rules and generating tax revenue for the government?
- fucking_tragedy 8y agoYou're asking this question in an era where we've gotten into a trade war with China? Because the CCP and its members are heavily invested in quite literally everything that isn't a foreignly owned business operating in China.
- throwaway2048 8y agothey are invested in those too (mandatory Chinese partners with 51% control, with mandatory IP transfers)
- pertymcpert 8y agoIt matters a great deal indeed.