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Google and Facebook would be very happy to operate in China, but they're too closely tied to the US intelligence apparatus to agree to the terms that China requ

• g947o 9mo ago
  For years Facebook wanted to get into Chinese market, so much that Zuckerberg asked Xi Jinping to name his child: https://www.the-independent.com/news/people/china-s-president-xi-jinping-turns-down-mark-zuckerberg-s-request-to-name-his-unborn-child-at-white-house-dinner-a6679156.html https://www.the-independent.com/news/people/china-s-presiden... No I didn't make this up. And there was reporting like this: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/zuckerberg-s-meta-was-willing-to-shut-down-political-dissent-to-enter-china-report/ar-AA1AzdBq https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/zuckerberg-s-meta-was-w... Although a few years they seemed to completely abandon the effort and started to criticize China, although I can't find the article. You'll be amazed at how quickly Zuckerberg "adapts" to things. Which is why I never trust a single word that comes out of his mouth.