Google vs. China | 谷歌 vs. 共產黨

Google vs. China

Does anyone have the same gut feeling as I do that Google has been planning this "attack" on the Chinese government all along?

Did you really not anticipate this day of "revolting against the Chinese government" would occur when Google reluctantly agreed to "the great firewall of China" in 2006?

I think one would be highly underestimating Google if one only thinks of it as a multi-billion profit generating internet company. Sergey and Larry aren't just entrepreneurs. They were, are, have always been revolutionists. They revolutionize the way we use the internet; the way we do advertising and marketing; the way we communicate with each other; practically, the way we live our lives. Just think about the daily routines of our lives 10 years ago (for those of you that are old enough to still remember), flash forward and imagine our daily routines now. Gmail, anyone? "Googling" how to fix, make, check, find, do something? If you are part of this new hip age of social media, you won't be further than 2 degrees away from Google if not 1st. Impressive, isn't it?

So now with its huge success in the Western world, Google's next big mission is to revolutionize the Chinese communistic culture, which btw is a rather BOLD ambition. We are best known for our stern stubbornness, close-minded thinking and adherent to traditional virtues. I, for one, will admit to all of the above traits.

Google has been waiting for the right moment to wage its war. I have been wondering what sparked it to make a move now. I mean, really, Chinese cyber spies and hackers aren't news. They have always been there. They probably started hacking Google since day 1 it founded a location in China. Something must have happened that ignited Google to move its queen next to the enemy's king.

Well, whatever it is I applaud immensely for Google's gutsy effort, even though, I must say, in the end everything will just go back to the way it was (i.e. Google staying in China and putting the filtering back up). Come on, let's be real. There is no way the Chinese government would be threatened by a US company claiming only 30%, at best, of its population and neither would Google exit a market triple the size of the US.

As much as it being a stalemate afterall, we should be glad an institution as wealthy and established as Google still cares enough about the world to make a political statement. With the whole financial crisis revealing the greediness of humanity, I almost lose hope in believing people with power still cares about values outside of money. See, here goes the "adherent to traditional virtues" quirk. O how more "Chinese" can I be?



谷歌 vs. 共產黨

谷歌大戰共產黨，谷歌會否旗開得勝就有代結論，小女子認為過多幾個星期一切會回復正常，谷歌繼續留在中國營業，共產黨繼續他的嚴厲互聯網監管。

原因非常簡單，共產黨是不會為只佔中國市場十份三的美國公司的虛空吶喊作出任何反應和調整，谷歌也不會那麼愚蠢放棄中國市場這條大水魚。你想說這樣對中國外交的形象不太好吧，我想我國領導人會說你都"戇dogdog"（不好意思，這陣子看了很多"古惑仔"，那些術語入了腦）。

金融海嘯後，當每個西方國家渣乾儲備急於注資到他們快進鬼門關的國企銀行時，中國不但沒有陷入險境，還有多餘財富打救其他國家，像農曆新年太子派紅包給平民那樣，在這個現實的現今社會裏，那個有錢，那個就有權，那些西方領導人還來不及張開手等我們祖國的紅包，他們還敢亂吠嗎？

那麼谷歌這次起不是多此一舉？又不可以這麼說，雖然沒有"反應"，但我國派了代表"回應"，已是一小步裏的一大進展，如果這次挑戰發生在2006年，我想共產黨連派代表也省掉。

中國放寬互聯網的監管是必然的事，但中國人愛面子，共產黨是不會以自我反省的方法來調整互聯網審查制度，自己倒自己米，那麼不大體，我國領導人是不會就範的。但久不久有谷歌亂吠一通， 久而久之我這能想像到共產黨派代表和谷歌和談，然後談判結果是我國領導人諒解到谷歌對中國人民的關懷和貢獻， 會考慮逐步開放搜尋過濾器的尺度。看，這樣才光彩呢！

到了這個時候，草民還真的要多謝谷歌對我們的貢獻啊！



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