[release][b]China's top internet official has warned that Google will "pay the consequences" if it continues to go against Chinese law.
Google announced in January that it would no longer comply with China's internet censorship laws.
It warned that it may shut down google.cn because of censorship and a hacking attack on the portal.
Minister of Industry and Information Technology Li Yizhong was speaking at China's annual legislation session.
"We need to preserve our nation's interest, our people's interest, we cannot be relaxed with any information that will cause harm to the stability of our society, to our system, and to the health of our under-age young people," he said.
"So, of course, what needs to be shut down will be shut down, what needs to be blocked will be blocked."
'Up to them'
Google began operations in China in 2006 to widespread criticism. While many argued Google was complicit in the censorship imposed by Chinese government, Google insisted it was nevertheless serving the public interest even though it was furnishing censored results.
Relations between China and Google cooled in January after what Google described as a sophisticated cyber attack in which the webmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists were targeted.
Since then, the firm has been in talks with Chinese officials about how to provide an unfiltered service but still remain within the law. Google chief executive Eric Schmidt said this week that he hoped the results of those consultations would be revealed soon.
Mr Li said that whether the firm quits China or not is "up to them", saying the internet would flourish in China regardless.
"I hope that Google will abide and respect the Chinese government's laws and regulations," he said.
"But, if you betray Chinese laws and regulations... it means that you are unfriendly, irresponsible, and you will have to pay the consequences."
Google is a distant second in search engine stakes in China, holding less than a third of the market; rival Baidu has about 60%. [/release][/b]
[quote]"We need to preserve our nation's interest, our people's interest, we cannot be relaxed with any information that will cause harm to the stability of our society, to our system, and to the health of our under-age young people"[/quote]
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Yeah, whatever you say china. :rolleyes:
China, get neutral for christ's sake...
China is a bitch.
what is china going to do if they dont get their way?
fight the power, google
[QUOTE=Sparkwire;20766722]what is china going to do if they dont get their way?[/QUOTE]
Block google or cry some more.
[QUOTE=Sparkwire;20766722]what is china going to do if they dont get their way?[/QUOTE]
Google-bomb.
They'll probably try to Shanghai Google into some kinda shady oppressive deal, and fail.
Google better not cave.
That sucks, poor workers at China Google probably going to get punished :china:
China sure doesn't sound socialist there.
[QUOTE=Watevaman;20766796]China sure doesn't sound socialist there.[/QUOTE]
[b]That's not what socialism is and China is not socialist please educate yourself before further posting[/b] thank you
I like how Google sounds like a sovereign nation in this article.
Google better start increasing security, Chinese hackers are preparing.
I don't understand why China is so fucking bothered. If they're so eager to maintain their censorship, which they are, can't the government just set up some sort of nation-wide or even international search engine with all the censorship they want? They're treating Google like a world superpower here.
[QUOTE=ChestyMcGee;20767044]I don't understand why China is so fucking bothered. If they're so eager to maintain their censorship, which they are, can't the government just set up some sort of nation-wide or even international search engine with all the censorship they want? They're treating Google like a world superpower here.[/QUOTE]
Because all the Chinese smart enough to make a search engine move.
China would be just like North Korea if most of the world governments didn't rely on Chinese manufactured goods.
Oh no china is going to inavde google.
[QUOTE=ChestyMcGee;20767044]I don't understand why China is so fucking bothered. If they're so eager to maintain their censorship, which they are, can't the government just set up some sort of nation-wide or even international search engine with all the censorship they want? They're treating Google like a world superpower here.[/QUOTE]
They have own search engines, Google is pretty small in China compared to Baidu and so on.
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[QUOTE=Bredirish123;20767321]China would be just like North Korea if most of the world governments didn't rely on Chinese manufactured goods.[/QUOTE]
I don't think you could possibly compare them to each other. It was Deng's reforms that allowed these stuff to happen, not the world demanding China to manufacture shit since start.
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[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_reform_in_the_People's_Republic_of_China[/url]
And people say America has bad civil rights...
Communist bastards.
[QUOTE=Watevaman;20766796]China sure doesn't sound socialist there.[/QUOTE]
you're right, they absolutely don't because they aren't
Google will end up buying china anyway :v:
[QUOTE=kukiric;20767883]Google will end up buying china.[/QUOTE]
Google will then censor Chinese censorship. :smug:
I hope China doesn't declare war on Google :ohdear:
can somebody please just invade china already
blow up NK while you're at it, too
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i'll give you three quarters, six dimes, a nickel, and 7 dollars if you do it
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also a green crayon my friend gave to me
sorrry you cant blow up countries you're not allowed to
They are going to invade Google HQ
[QUOTE=ManningQB18;20767006]Google better start increasing security, Chinese hackers are preparing.[/QUOTE]
it's war
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Yeah, whatever you say china. :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
Uh, they think masturbation is bad for you.? lolwut.
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