[WikiEN-l] Google bows to censorship

Charles Matthews charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com
Tue Jan 19 11:20:07 UTC 2010


James Alexander wrote:
> I think the biggest thing was that Google thought that if we were
> working with China and going along with their filtering they should be
> leaving us alone.
So far, so standard for Western corporations in Asia. "Oh, you mean we 
have to understand the culture as well as the market?" The point being 
that the implied division makes more sense to one side than to the other.

Well, fortunately, WP appears to be able to get away with its 
"non-business" model.

Charles




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