In Google’s China Play? Search me by Muhammad Cohen, author of Hong Kong On Air, Cohen writes a compelling post about his anger concerning Google’s flight and fight with mainland China’s government. He says Google has no reasonable objective baiting Beijing and inviting Chinese authorities to crack down on Hong Kong’s freedoms. He says, Google’s longstanding corporate hypocrisy raises questions about its claims of mainland cyber attacks and hacking. I talked about this in Google Recycled (http://wp.me/pN4pY-2r).
Any freedom is a precious gift. Americans believe they have freedom but what they have isn’t far from what the Chinese have. After all, Americans must pay income tax, sales tax, property tax, wear seat belts while driving or helmets on motor bikes, no smoking in public, no drinking booze or talking on cell phones while driving, and the list goes on. Now Americans have to pay for health insurance, which has given birth to protests across the United States—it’s a shame so many eligible Americans don’t vote.
Many of those freedom restrictions don’t exist in China. What does exist is the fact that Chinese are not allowed to challenge their government in public or in the media—a privilege that has never existed in China ever. However, Hong Kong has this freedom and doesn’t want to lose it. When Google wanted to do business in China, they agreed to the censorship rules. Now they have broken that agreement.
See “When in Rome, Do as the Romans” http://wp.me/sN4pY-354
Posted by Lloyd Lofthouse 
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