Google and the Chinese
Posted by JimGoogle’s decision to leave the China market is interesting on several levels. Western business interests have pursued the Holy Grail of ‘The ChinaMarket’ for the past 150 years. No one power or one interest has ever found much enduring success there with the exception of the Brits and the Portuguese. The lure of all of those consumers will probably bring Google back but for now their stand is a curious mix of politics and money. I want to give Google some credit for having a sound corporate moral compass but the skeptic in me says otherwise. In the end, I think there will be some compromise that will be difficult since both sides need to save face. Both parties can benefit from each other, eventually they will reconcile.
Perhaps Google never really understood the centuries-old methods of doing business in China. Even during periods of national weakness, the size and complexity of that society dictated doing things more the Chinese way.
January 13th, 2010 at 4:40 pm
Google, Shmoogle … I should have thought of it first. Of course I am fairly certain I was hanging out with Dylan and Carson on September 4th, 1998. (maybe next lifetime.
January 14th, 2010 at 6:25 am
Shmoogle makes vests for dogs, I am surprised you did not know about that company. J
February 26th, 2010 at 11:41 am
So what is with all of that hair? Maybe it was put there to coat my floors.