Google doing this would be great, and I do support it. However, the effect would be so much greater if all US companies allied against stuff like this, and form

Google doing this would be great, and I do support it. However, the effect would be so much greater if all US companies allied against stuff like this, and form some kind of BSA against censorship and surveillance by governments around the world. The last time Google did this with the Chinese government, I remember Microsoft was ecstatic at potentially replacing Google in China with Bing, by following the same requests Google wouldn't, from the government, just so they can win even an extra 1 percent market share (which they never did, anyway - Baidu filled the gap). As long as US companies keep screwing each other over for that extra 1 percent they can gain over their competitors in China, if they do follow China's orders, while the competitors do not, this is going to be a very hard thing to "win". So shame on those who do that.