Trouble Follows Yahoo! And Google To China
Perry Wu writes on ChinaTechNews.com:
Some Americans would hope that the entry of American technology firms like Google and Yahoo! into China is the second-coming of Glasnost. Don't kid yourselves.More here.
One reason Yahoo, Google, and Microsoft want to be in China is to ward off the competition from local firms who will soon dominate the China market and may pose an international business threat. Google and Yahoo have great technology, but it's not rocket science. Even America's rocket science has been co-opted by the Chinese as they reach for new physical heights. If Chinese can build a Great Wall, they can build most anything, right?
In this globalized world, Chinese boycott McDonalds when Sino-US tensions flare. Americans rename french fries when US-Franco ties are frayed. Indonesian Muslims refrain from buying Legos when the Danish-Muslim relationship is in jeopardy. And the U.S. Congress roasts technology companies for doing business in China. Globalization touches all of us.
posted by Fergie @ 2/16/2006 07:52:00 AM
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