Google China Kowtows to Censorship Laws Google China Kowtows to Censorship Laws

Of course, the argument of free speech online and internal Chinese law is not a new one. In a country which has experienced centuries of famine, disease and revolution due to dynastic cycles and social unrest, China has stuck to a strong policy of Internet governance.

In Deng Xiaoping’s thriving Socialist Market economy, businesses which want to operate in China must of course follow Chinese law. Overtime, just as Kissinger, Nixon, Clinton and Mao have found, the long term potential of accomplishing change through working with the people and wishes of China is much more powerful than appeasing the short term preferences of interest groups by working against China.

Of course, the argument of free speech online and internal Chinese law is not a new one. In a country which has experienced centuries of famine, disease and revolution due to dynastic cycles and social unrest, China has stuck to a strong policy of Internet governance.

In Deng Xiaoping’s thriving Socialist Market economy, businesses which want to operate in China must of course follow Chinese law. Overtime, just as Kissinger, Nixon, Clinton and Mao have found, the long term potential of accomplishing change through working with the people and wishes of China is much more powerful than appeasing the short term preferences of interest groups by working against China.