China Tells Google to Follow the Law

Found on eWEEK on Wednesday, 13 January 2010
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The Chinese government had a relatively straightforward response Jan. 14 to Google's threat to stop censoring searches on its Chinese language site, Google.cn: Follow the law.

"This incident should be equally troubling to the Chinese government. The administration encourages the government of China to work with Google and other U.S. companies to ensure a climate for secure commercial operations in the Chinese market."

All that is not much of a problem. China's law which enforces censorship is nothing one would like to follow. Of course, China doesn't want that. So, to make everybody happy, pull out of China. If you are not doing any business there, you don't need to follow their laws. And if China is not happy with what you are doing online, they can just block you.