China to Google: You're Welcome Here Only If You Abide by Our Laws

China to Google: You're Welcome Here Only If You Abide by Our Laws After Google's decision to stop censoring content on the Chinese version of its search engine, and threat to completely halt its operations in China, China has shown a slightly indifferent face. The country has issued a two-pronged response that boils down to these two points: First, if you want to do business in China, you have to

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"Director of the State Council Information Office Wang Chen explains China’s rationale for censoring the Internet. “Effective guidance of public opinion on the Internet is an important way of protecting the security of online information,” he said. Well, that really depends on how you define

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They’ve issued a two-pronged response which boils down to these two points: first, if you want to do business in China, you have to abide by China’s laws. Second, China will not give up on censoring the Internet.