> without protecting them from multi-nationals That's sort of a strawman though. There's a spectrum of "protection". What China does (and the Trump administr

> without protecting them from multi-nationals That's sort of a strawman though. There's a spectrum of "protection". What China does (and the Trump administration proposes, sorta, with its application-level bans) isn't to merely "protect" it's local companies, it's to entirely ban content from global competitors. The problem isn't that Baidu search was "protected" while developing, it's that a Chinese citizen cannot do a search on Google at all. Or follow someone on Twitter. Or join a Facebook group. Anything you might show to the "public" on any of these sites is invisible in China. That is the problem. Not "protection" per se.