These things are always a matter of degree and subjective judgement. I have made up my mind. Systematically preventing criticism of a ruling elite that has no d

These things are always a matter of degree and subjective judgement. I have made up my mind. Systematically preventing criticism of a ruling elite that has no democratic legitimacy whatsoever is on a different scale than what happens in the US or Europe (which is bad enough). I'm not in favor of a large scale trade war or boycott. But in this very specific instance, where one company - Google - has been thrown out of China for taking a stand, and another company with global ambitions benefits from it, I think blocking the latter is not disproportionate. (I'm not in any way affiliated with Google. In fact, Google is one of my main competitors)