[ctack]

Beijing currently influences it's weaker trading partners(which is most of the developing world) on various political points. For example - Taiwan policy or Dalai Lama visits.

It's not hard to imagine China then asking them to use their "new and improved" version of Google too.

[jamespo]

Slippery slope argument

[AnimalMuppet]

Doesn't mean it's invalid. Some slopes are in fact slippery.