Letters

Google still there in China

The Western media are obsessed with "Google's withdrawal from China" as if the company has disappeared from China altogether.

Google has not pulled out of China completely. It still has a range of business operations in China. It won't give up its market share in China so easily because China is a burgeoning economy and the world's largest Internet users' market. By simply directing google.cn to google.com.hk, the company claims to have taken a high moral ground but the truth is that it is still reaping benefits from China in advertisements and other business activities.