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Google Problem in China
Google Problem in China
Presented to :Mrs. Jasneet soni Presented By :- MAYANK JAIN NISHA SAHARAN IIPM,JAIPUR
Introduction
Google is the worlds largest search engine. Founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two Stanford graduate students. opened their first office in a garage in Menlo Park, California. Now the company has moved into the Googleplex, a much larger office in Mountain View, California.
China - Censorship
In February 1996, all private subscribers to Chinanet, the main Internet service provider, run by the state telecommunications monopoly, were required to register with the Public Security Bureau, provide the government with detailed personal information about themselves, and sign a pledge not to read, copy or disseminate information that threatens state security. . . . In addition to the state-run Chinanet, all Internet service providers were required to take steps to filter out anything deemed harmful.
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unity.
3. Harming the honor or the interests of the nation 4. Inciting hatred against peoples, racism against peoples, or disrupting the solidarity of peoples. 5. Disrupting national policies on religion, propagating evil cults, and propagating feudal superstitions
6. Spreading rumors, compiling and promulgating false news, disturbing social order, or disrupting social stability. 7. Spreading obscenity, pornography, gambling, violence, terror, or abetting the commission of a crime. 8. Insulting or defaming third parties, infringing on the legal rights and interests of third parties. 9. Constituting any other content prohibited by law or rules.
Google kept its options open and revisited its approach to China.
Googles approach differed slightly from that of other U.S. companies. Google had agreed to Chinese censorship demands only after authorities successfully blocked access to Google.com.
information for the Chinese and be a more effective service and perhaps make more of a
difference.
Already Google has established two research centers, one in Beijing and
one in Shanghai.
services.
Google.cn partnered with the Chinese music and video sharing YouTubelike site Xunlei.com
In April 2007, Google announced a deal with China Telecom, the worlds
largest wireless telecommunications and broadband services provider. In August 2007 Google.cn entered into a
Study Questions
1. Which factors best explain why Google was so successful in the first place? Were any of these conditions for success put in jeopardy by the decision to launch Google.cn? 2. Was Google right to have entered the Chinese market the way it did? Did Googles mission compel it to create Google.cn? What specific aspects of the mission does Google address in making its decision to enter? 3. Where is the success of the Chinese censorship system? In other words, what makes their censorship system work so well? Where does Google fit in to this system? Has Google worked to improve the situation? What more could it do?