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Google nears end of China negotiations
INTERNET EMPIRE Google is nearing the end of its negotiations with China and expects to announce a resolution soon, according to a report by the Associated Press.
The AP was in attendance at a media conference in Abu Dhabi during which Eric Schmidt, Google's CEO, said, "something will happen soon." We are reliably informed that he was discussing the China issue, but according to the report he refused to be drawn into any further discussions on the subject. Except presumably ones with Chinese officials.
Only, according to the report, Chinese officials have claimed that no one from Google has actually spoken to the government about the issue, so maybe Schmidt is close to resolving the issue in his own mind. Which after all, is usually good enough for him.
On the subject of Google and not being evil, and not aiding governments to filter search results, we really like this video from Hungry Beast, which subtlely builds up a comprehensive profile of the sprawling company and all its works until winding everything up with what we consider a clever surprise at the end. µ
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@ Tom
You spelled "Pulitzer" wrong. So all that writing, and you still don't get a prize.
But back on topic, it will be interesting to see what comes of this "Google issue" (as Microsoft and its spokesmodel Bill Gates refer to Chinese human rights issues).
This is where Google's "do no evil" corporate philosophy could make a big difference. Contrast two situations:
1) Google negotiates relaxed filtering on Google.cn...and then continues to slowly renegotiate the terms of these restrictions year by year with this all-important goal in mind: to do no evil, and to help undo evil in other parts of the world.
2) Microsoft tells the Chinese that it will placidly abide by any and all Chinese laws in exchange for money, with no consideration of human rights or freedom of information.
I would think that situation #1 would be preferable to situation #2 from an international ethics viewpoint.
One final question to Inq readers, after viewing the "Hungry Beast" youtube video (hosted by Google, I might add): would you rather have a company whose corporate philosophy involved "doing no evil" meeting many of your needs, or would you prefer another company doing this who viewed "corporate ethics" as an oxymoron? I am sure you can think of some examples of the latter.
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