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by guelo 4504 days ago
China kicking out Google doesn't seems so crazy now. The American government is a worldwide aggressor that cannot be restrained. All defenses must be put up in an attempt to stop it.

As a side benefit China has fostered a large homegrown internet industry which many other countries lack. Services like Baidu and Sina Weibo are more than acceptable. Europe is more than capable of doing the same and hopefully with less censorship.
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thisiswrong 4504 days ago
> China kicking out Google doesn't seems so crazy now. The American government is a worldwide aggressor that cannot be restrained.

You're touching on something here. What you're saying is that Google = American government [1]. With the rise of open fascism in the US, the merging of strategic corporations (mostly the technology, entertainment, and banking monopolies) with government interests is become more and more obvious - and scary for that matter.

[1] http://cryptome.org/2013/08/assange-google-nsa.htm

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seanmcdirmid 4504 days ago
China didn't kick out Google, Google left. Google is not even blocked like Twitter and Facebook are (though plus and youtube are blocked). The Chinese government is 100x more aggressive than the US government when it comes to monitoring internal Internet activities.

As a side non-benefit of being protected from international services, China's homegrown internet industry is unable to innovate and compete outside of China, where their international competition has no such disadvantage. Services like Baidu and Sina Weibo are just acceptable local copies of successful international services. Europe is capable of becoming like China, but would be crazy to go down that route.

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adventured 4504 days ago
There's some comedy in referring to China as though it weren't one of the top countries when it comes to digital crime sponsored by the state. The only debate to be had is whether the NSA or the Chinese Government is worse in that regard, and that would be a pointless debate, they're both vile.
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waps 4504 days ago
For the Chinese government this argument may hold some water. I do think that for the Chinese people this is very much a negative though.

When choosing whether you want the American government to have some monitoring power over you or the Chinese government, the answer is beyond obvious [1].

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re-education_through_labour

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