You are probably right since I was quoting an article I read over the weekend (I think it was BB but I couldn't find the link).
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Why hypocrite? I would like to hear the opinion of somebody from the "inside". You are in China now, correct?
Unless China have something better than google for searching the web, it's their loss.
Oh, AFAIK google is not really pulling out, they just decided not to censor the searches as per the desired of the Chinese government.
incorrect. i am living in the NYC.
frankly, i don't give a damn if Google says it is quitting because it is incompetent in racing against Baidu.com, our local search engine. guess what, Google doesn't understand Chinese, a more elaborate language. Worse, Google, undoubtedly the best internet company in the western world, can't accept the fact that it is simply INCOMPETENT in China's internet market. thus it chose to claim the high ground, blaming the censorship of Chinese government. nobody likes censorship, but not just Chinese government has censorship, many European countries also have, and even the U.S. has (to a much less extent).
as a matter of fact, Google understood well about Chinese government's censorship when entering China a few years ago. interestingly, why didn't Google say "you know what? i hate censorship, i must keep my results uncensored, and I'm not gonna do any business in this damn country" at the time -- because BUSINESS IS BUSINESS. Google wanted to grab market share, to dominate (like it did in western world) the emerging market using its unrivaled technology, which i like very much, btw.
i am not saying Google is poor in searching Chinese phrases, but it is not as good as Baidu. Google returns more results, but less relevant when you enter a simple Chinese word, and even some funny results when searching a bit complicated phrases such as classic Chinese or some culture things. Is that because Baidu has better technology than Google? No, honestly i don't think so. i think Google is the best in offering something revolutionary, something technically innovative, bar none. But Google's problem is it does NOT REALLY understand our language, and NOT WILLING to learn. therefore being hypocritical to raise media's attention on censorship instead of its incompetence is the best door to exit. Kudos to you, LOSER!
anyway,we Chinese use Chinese language. Whether Google is the best searching tool in the English-speaking world (or maybe the whole western world) is simply irrelevant to us. anyone like you or anybody else who knows nothing behind the scene while claims so confidently "Chinese people's loss" is just funny. ^-^