China and Google Parting Ways
The Chinese government has taken action following its public dispute with search engine company, Google Inc, over the government’s censorship laws following cyber attacks to Gmail, the company’s e-mail service, and to several Google accounts belonging to human rights activists. The actions are also a precaution from further damaging business confidence in the country and its relationship with the US while promising improved conditions for its foreign investors and partners.
Despite the threat of Google, one of the world’s largest companies, pulling out of China after the cyber attacks, China has maintained its position with regards to its very strict Internet censorship and protocols saying that international companies must adhere to Chinese laws when doing business within the country. Also, the trade and economic ties with the United States will not be affected whether or not Google pushes through with its planned pull-out, Commerce Ministry Yao Jian said.
Google’s pull-out would be an embarrassing blow to China’s communist government, which aims to make China one of the top technology leaders in the world. However, because of its view that information control is critical to maintaining its monopoly on power, China is letting the multi-national company go rather than compromise their laws and practices.
Ties between the United States and China are already strained by the latter’s stringent censorship that the US believes hampers universal human rights. Both countries have had disputes over key issues like trade policies, human rights violations in Tibet and the US-support for Taiwan, which is still being claimed by the Chinese government as their own territory.
Dialogues, though, have been constant between the two powerful countries with regards to these matters and both say that they only want what’s best for both sides and for the world.
The US government has praised Google for challenging the Chinese government’s strict censorship laws saying that it supports the company which is in line with the country’s drive to persuade China to ease their restrictive Internet laws.
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