The New York Times has an interesting article today on thriving state-owned companies in China-”China’s Policies Ensure State Enterprises Grow“. The article makes no mention of China’s Internet industry, which will generate 6-7+ billion dollars in revenue this year from gaming, advertising and other sources, is growing 20% or more per year, and which has [...]
Last week I participated in a Sinica Podcast on the Internet in China and Zhang Wuben and his magic mung beans. I somehow ended up as the sole defender if the efficacy of properly practiced traditional Chinese medicine; the other guests seem to believe it is some kind of Chinese voodoo. From the Sinica site: Mere [...]
This post originally appeared on Sinocism.com, my blog about more general China topics. China’s efforts to build its “soft power” have been in the news over the last few months. So far none of the coverage of the media strategy for soft power has discussed what may be the fatal flaw in the government’s strategy-the [...]
Leading Chinese map provider AutoNavi holdings is planning to raise $100 in an IPO on Nasdaq under the symbol “AMAP”. The company generates most of its revenue from automobile navigation. Wireless and online mapping services (through its MapABC Technology subsidiary) account for approximately 10% of overall, and Google specifically accounts for just over 1%. (As [...]
John Markoff of the New York Times discovered more information about the attacks on Google that precipitated the company’s retreat from China. In “Cyberattack on Google Said to Hit Password System” he writes that: …a person with direct knowledge of the investigation now says that the losses included one of Google’s crown jewels, a password [...]
The Financial Times reported Saturday that Google is “99.9 percent certain” that it will shut its China search engine at Google.cn. It has been eight weeks since Google said it would no longer censor search in China. The Chinese government has handled this much better than expected given, from their perspective, Google’s very public provocation. [...]
One of China’s more aggressive state-owned newspapers, The Global Times, has an amazing article today describing Internet censorship in China. The most pervasive and impactful web censorship in China is not carried out by state-owned filtering systems or censors operating the “Great Firewall” and blocking foreign sites. As Rebecca MacKinnon has pointed out, it is [...]
6+ weeks on and the “negotiations” are just getting started. Per this Wall Street Journal article-Google to Resume Talks With China-Google’s lead negotiator is Ross LaJeunesse, former deputy chief of staff to California Governor Arnold Schwarzengger. It could be a stroke of genius for Google. The Terminator is very popular in China. A better headline [...]
Today’s New York Times has a long and interesting piece by Markoff and others on US preparedness for cyberwar–In Digital Combat, U.S. Finds No Easy Deterrent. As usual anything by Markoff is a good read. I want to focus on several points in the article relating to Google ($GOOG) and China. I believe the points [...]
Secrectary of State Hillary Clinton is delivering a speech in which, according to the Wall Street Journal, she will announce that “the U.S. plans to make unrestricted access to the Internet a top foreign-policy priority.” I think it is wonderful that the U.S. will push Internet freedom globally. But the timing could probably not be [...]
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