Google's search sites in China abruptly stopped working earlier this week, but the explanation for the outage got a little loosey goosey as the day wore on. The Internet technology powerhouse first blamed itself, noting a technical change, but later reversed course and pointed to the heavy hand of China’s “Great Firewall" -- even as service appeared to be back to normal.Read Google Runs Into China's "Great Firewall" over at the AllThingsD.
What do you think is really going on?
Then, I read the following and find it terribly unsettling yet fascinating at the same time:
Why Foreigners Can't Win in China
And to top that off, which I didn't think was possible, I catch this disturbing piece related not to Google-China relations but to China, the country itself, that makes me want to never ever write about China again:
China Body-Dumping Case Highlights Clash of Values (I'll say)
All of this gives us an idea of the country and the people we are negotiating with.
Posted by: The Global Small Business Blog
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