Chinese Google to self-censor

User Comments: 10

1. January 25, 2006 3:16 PM
   Vaulden said:
   Not a big surprise. With China and the Chinese people getting wealthier by the day, companies will be reluctant to step on any toes.
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2. January 25, 2006 3:17 PM
   asphix said:
   Not very good news for Chinese citizens, but then Google doesnt have much they can do to prevent this from happening. The only people who can ultimately make a difference are the Chinese people. I'm glad I dont live in China, I wonder how the citizens there are reacting to this.
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3. January 25, 2006 3:37 PM
   Kaleid said:
   All quiet on the eastern front... Leading Publication Shut Down In China:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2
   06/01/24/AR2006012401003_pf.html[Edited by Kaleid on 2006-01-25 16:34:03]
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4. January 25, 2006 5:42 PM
   nathanskywalker said:
   [quote]"great firewall"[/quote]Wow, that is kind of lame. Some things could stand to be filtered off the internet, but politcal ideals? OMigosh, talk about trying to cover your owne trail. so their are some things the Chinese don't want their own people to know( ok that's nothing knew). Too bad google couldn't stand up to the chinese the way they stood up to the FBI. One more victory for the communists, and one less bit of free speech and such for the common people.
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5. January 25, 2006 6:58 PM
   Race said:
   Google couldn't turn down the potential market share with over 110 millions Chinese (and growing) users. Although I'm not in favor of the move, I can't say I blame them, since China 'is what it is'.I do like the fact that Google is informing all users "that certain web pages had been removed from the list of results by order of the government".Also, I wouldn't think it would be a bad thing for the Chinese people to have an alternative search tool, other than those run locally, like Baidu.
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6. January 25, 2006 8:55 PM
   exscind said:
   I'm not sure why people are surprised. The Chinese government have always done these kinds of things . It is unfortunate, though. Just as China is starting to reform into a more democratic and free society with people learning the ideals of equal rights and democracy, the Chiense government put the lid on the information source itself. While I disagree with what Google did in complying with China's wishes (or rather, demands), I understand that Google is only trying to gain some market share in Eastern Asia. Sadly, money is more important than freedom these days.
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7. January 25, 2006 11:04 PM
   mav451 said:
   I find it pretty hilarious that under related stories, there is China's "war on 'Net porn". Not only do they not let people search for anything they want...they also want to control your sexual stimulation. But yeah, this is China. I shouldn't be surprised at all, but that doesn't make it right either.
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8. January 26, 2006 8:51 AM
   canadian said:
   Thing is, this would be so easy to get around, using some of googles tools.
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9. January 27, 2006 10:44 AM
   mentaljedi said:
   Google made the right move. It was either partial searches or no searches. Google chose the former. And in any case, i'm sure they'll leave a couple of easy loopholes. And wouldn't they be able to use the other ones like Google.com and just have it translate into Chinese or something. That kind of loophole?
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10. January 29, 2006 11:22 PM
    nathanskywalker said:
    [quote]"Don’t be evil",[/quote] dumb motto....anyway, yeah lame. Politcal ignorance. One more step towards keep the chinese people bound in communism.
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