China tries to bully Google
@ 2010/03/24As of Tuesday the site was still not blocked, but most observers believe that the Chinese government will move to block google.cn or google.com.hk. Some are astounded at the move by Google. Former U.S. ambassador to China J. Stapleton Roy, director of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, states, "I don’t understand their calculation. I do not see how Google could have concluded that they could have faced down the Chinese on a domestic censorship issue."
Google could pay deeply for the move. China is home to over 155 million smart phone users and that number is growing rapidly. Contrary to its previous statements, the Chinese government is now moving to ban Google's Android handsets from China. It is reportedly pressuring telecoms like China Unicom to delay or scrap smart phone offerings that use Google's Android OS. This could prove a boon to Research in Motion and Apple, the latter of which has seen poor sales of its iPhone in China.
Google could pay deeply for the move. China is home to over 155 million smart phone users and that number is growing rapidly. Contrary to its previous statements, the Chinese government is now moving to ban Google's Android handsets from China. It is reportedly pressuring telecoms like China Unicom to delay or scrap smart phone offerings that use Google's Android OS. This could prove a boon to Research in Motion and Apple, the latter of which has seen poor sales of its iPhone in China.