Outlook for Google’s China talks: nasty, brutish and short
Posted by John Murrell on January 18th, 2010 at 8:19 am | Categorized as Uncategorized | Tagged as China, Google
Google said today that its envoys would be holding talks with Chinese authorities “in the coming few days” on the company’s refusal to continue delivering censored search results and its threat to pull out, but if it wants a preview of the sentiment within the government, all it needs to do is look at today’s edition of China Daily. The official state-run English language paper, often used as a vehicle for delivering the party line to the West, features not one, not two, but three pieces ripping into Google’s decision and motives — a strong signal that Beijing is not in a compromising mood.