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What's behind Google farce
(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-03-22 17:53
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Politically motivated?
China doesn't need a politicized Google
2010-03-20
Google's relations with the US government cannot be deeper. US media has said Google was the fourth-largest supporter of Barack Obama in his election campaign. Four of the company's former executives including Sumit Agarwal, who was the product manager for Google Mobile team and is currently deputy assistant secretary of defense, are now serving the US government.
American politicians may be glad to see Google being politicized but this is no doubt a tragedy for a famous multinational company which has gained its reputation and advantages by one innovation after another in the Internet field.
US using Google case to 'act tough'
2010-03-19
The Google case has given the US an opportunity to re-adopt its hard-line approach, and move away from the "smart" diplomacy it had used against China of late, experts tracking the issue said on Thursday.
Calling the affair "politicized", the experts also suggested that the government take steps to ensure that a monopoly situation does not prevail in the search engine market.
2010-03-18
Szubin made it clear that by ushering in greater Internet freedom, the so-called "smart sanctions" will serve Washington's foreign policy goals by instigating democratic change in these countries. In other words, he meant regime change.
Indeed, a regime change in the name of democracy by manipulating the Internet will bring great benefits with very little investment. Not to mention that Washington has never relented in its efforts to export democracy to developing countries.
2010-02-23
In the Google storyline, the US has successfully drawn global attention by placing all blame on China. But it has failed thus far to provide any concrete and indisputable evidence.
To further its allegations that computers in two Chinese education institutions were the culprits in the cyber-attacks, US analysts revealed in Monday's Financial Times that they have identified the author of the programming code. Such evidence can hardly hold water.
Google should not play with politics
2010-01-29
By being one of the top global brands, Google has, with its withdrawal threat, provided some foreign politicians with enough fodder to fulfill their hidden agenda. People in the West are criticizing China for its Net policy, even though they have similar or even harsher laws and regulations in their own countries.
The US has for long been using the Internet to further its own interests. Ordering Microsoft to close MSN service to some countries is a perfect example of its dubious policy. Even within its own borders, FBI and other intelligence agencies hack into the mailboxes of citizens in the name of fighting terrorism.
Google incident and US Internet strategy
2010-01-23
In fact, the Google incident has reflected the Internet strategy of the United States. The essence of the US Internet strategy is to exploit its advantages in Internet funds, technology and marketing, and export its politics, commerce and culture to other nations for political, commercial and cultural interests of the world's only superpower. This is not merely sales, but coerced trade under the disguise of protecting "universal values".
In this incident, Google has elaborately selected reasons and excuses of its threat of withdrawal from China. Opposition to cyber attacks and Internet censorship are good reasons in both political and non-political terms, for they not only take a high ground, but also fall in line with the impression of China constructed for quite some time by Western media for their public. Without disguise, this is employed directly for the United States to carry out its Internet strategy.
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