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by tmcronn 2532 days ago
Companies foreign to China cooperate with the local government for another reason also: they want access to Chinese customers.

If Google were to refuse the Chinese terms of business, they would be barred from doing business with the largest population in the world. And the climate over there is that their government risks little political capital in banning non-compliant firms.

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Forgoing 18% of a market in order to uphold bedrock principles seems like a worthy trade.
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