Cable Forum - View Single Post - Google 'may pull out of China after Gmail cyber attack'

**Damien** · 13-01-2010, 10:19

I cannot see China caring or be willing to debate the issue. It's an American company which will now be at a commercial disadvantage allowing a home-grown company to fill that space and profit (or Bing). These companies will be far more willing to adapt to the government's wishes as well.

The reason Google never launched a local version of Google Mail there was because of privacy concerns and Google didn't want the headache of the Chinese government demanding details of those who sent e-mails they didn't like. (Like Yahoo had).

13-01-2010, 10:19	#3
Damien Remoaner Cable Forum Mod Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 32,942	Re: Google 'may pull out of China after Gmail cyber attack' I cannot see China caring or be willing to debate the issue. It's an American company which will now be at a commercial disadvantage allowing a home-grown company to fill that space and profit (or Bing). These companies will be far more willing to adapt to the government's wishes as well. The reason Google never launched a local version of Google Mail there was because of privacy concerns and Google didn't want the headache of the Chinese government demanding details of those who sent e-mails they didn't like. (Like Yahoo had).