China

VS
A short introduction to
Google
 Google in China
• 1999 – Google is founded. One of its
corporate mantras is: “Don’t Be Evil”
•  2000 – Google begins offering a Chinese-
language version of Google.com. But the
website, which cannot be accessed about 10
per cent of the time, is slow and unreliable,
apparently because of the extensive filtering
performed by China’s licensed internet
service providers
•  Autumn 2002 – Google.com becomes
completely unavailable in China. Access is
largely restored within about two weeks. The
company claims it has stood by its principles
and has not subjected itself to Chinese laws
and regulations
•  December 2003 – Google.com is again
blocked in China
• July 2005 – Kai-Fu Lee, a former Microsoft
executive, joins Google as a global vice-
president in charge of China, and announces
a plan to establish a research centre in China
• Faraz.naseem@yahoo.com
The fight for market
dominance
 Should Google agree to
censorship?

• 72% respondents
were okay with it
• Sergey Brin – Co
founder of Google was
OK with it as well
“That’s an issue dear to
my heart because I
was born in the Soviet
Union during the
Communist era”
 Material covered
• Clash of the Titans, How the Democratic Republic of Google is
testing Chinas Appetite for democracy itself – Fareed Zakaria
• You can’t fight the future, Why China is no match for the
internet – Daniel Lyons
• China’s silicon Ceilings, Free markets require free minds –
Daniel Gross
• No chance against China, Google’s defeat foretells the day
when Beijing rules the world – Martin Jacques
• A new approach to China – The Official Google blog
• Google vs. China,Free Speech, Finances or both? – CNN.com
• Google vs. China – The Washington Post