By the way, Chinese government did create its own search engine company led by a former ping-pong world champion turned sports bureaucrat to compete against the

By the way, Chinese government did create its own search engine company led by a former ping-pong world champion turned sports bureaucrat to compete against the likes of Baidu. It sank to the tune of 2B RMB into the company (probably more than the funds Baidu ever raised prior to its IPO). And needless to say the money just went to waste.