China unwittingly used as White House goes after Google
The US administration announced on Tuesday it will investigate whether Google works with China. Given the administration's increasing dislike of the US tech giant, it no doubt seems a good way to kill two birds with one stone: put pressure on China ahead of the forthcoming trade talks while also pressing Google to be more malleable.
Like before, there is no proof to support the allegation against China, the US leader has simply repeated the claim by Peter Thiel, a co-founder of PayPal and venture capitalist, that Google may be infiltrated by Chinese intelligence.
The infiltration charges against China are baseless. But Thiel is seeking to leverage the annoyance of the US Department of Defense and hawks in the administration that Google has withdrawn from some US defense projects after a backlash from its employees.
