Google's founders had some new comments to Google.cn's self-censorship. It generated new disappointed feeling by many local Chinese Internet users for days. However, there are also supportive opinions to Google's excuse. They worries that if Google didn't do that, they will totally be excluded from China Internet sphere what I think it's impossible.
Google can keep itself in China since Internet is ultimately boundless. Before Google formally operated in China, they don't need any self-censorship or self-castrated. The protest of Internet users successfully released a blockage by China government in 2003 when Google didn't hire anyone in China.
Google's decision of self-censorship was made after Google's business operation in China. Google's motto and principles was changed by the local employees and local managers, then impacted to their founders by mistake. However, many google's services, including search cache page, are still blocked by Greate Firewall everyday. I don't think the compromise takes any positive effect to Google. And even worse, the market share still drops.
The ultimate way is keeping its universal value. If "non-evil" is a motto, it's applied anywhere and even anytime. Otherwise, it will lose its value totally. Many people here in China, especially those geeks, hate the comprise by Google. Didn't Google listen to them? Remeber, they are also opinion leaders to the market, no wonder the market share will lose.
The "worst" case is that Google withdraw the business operation from China, totally. Google service won't be totally blocked, trust me. The Internet users won't allow that. But will it be the worst case to Google, not really, it will revive the only hope in Chinese people to have a pure Internet from those disabled local web services.
Another viable solution I mentioned before is to Google is putting 1B US$ to accquire top 10 Internet business in China(except their rival Baidu) , which can be more realistic to ensure their business positions if someone still in the myth of money.
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