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Don't understimate the extent of Chinese Govt. anger over the Dalai Lama photo-op with Bush. The Chinese govt. effectively controls every company and person in
by gibsonf1 19y ago
Don't understimate the extent of Chinese Govt. anger over the Dalai Lama photo-op with Bush. The Chinese govt. effectively controls every company and person in China (if they want to), including Baidu. It would be fully unsurprising that they would shut down American search engines to "teach us a lesson" about not heeding their demands. It could, however, prove untrue as well - we'll see.
- cstejerean 19y agoIt has proven untrue, several people have reported being able to access all of these sites (read the comments on TechCrunch). I haven't yet called my friends in China to confirm but I'm sure if this was indeed true they would have called me to let me know. As far as how bad China really is, I recommend more people travel there and judge for themselves. It might be a communist government and they might oppose certain groups that pose a threat to them but saying that they control every company and every person is a bit extreme. There wouldn't be so many US companies setting up shop in China if they didn't trust the Chinese government.
- rms 19y agoThis anger about the Dalai Lama is just a bunch of posturing on their part, absolutely nothing will come of it.
- rms 19y agoWell, looks like they are redirecting searches to Baidu, which is a very funny way of doing nothing.