Comments on: Google and China http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2010/01/13/google-and-china/ learning, networks, knowledge, technology, community Sat, 4 Feb 2012 22:56:23 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Chris Warren http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2010/01/13/google-and-china/comment-page-1/#comment-34416 Chris Warren Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:15:48 +0000 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/?p=4551#comment-34416 I agree. There's almost always more to the story, and I don't care much whether Google's decision is moral, ethical, or financial in nature. Even if Google *did* decide to pull out of China out of cocnerns for its bottom line, the policy reversal can still be a step toward a more open China. And at the very least, it points to how censorship can hinder not only free communication, but also free enterprise. In the meantime, I think I take an approach similar to yours: with caution, and without any lofty expectations. Words like "small" and "potential" will describe this until we see the actual results. I agree. There’s almost always more to the story, and I don’t care much whether Google’s decision is moral, ethical, or financial in nature. Even if Google *did* decide to pull out of China out of cocnerns for its bottom line, the policy reversal can still be a step toward a more open China. And at the very least, it points to how censorship can hinder not only free communication, but also free enterprise.

In the meantime, I think I take an approach similar to yours: with caution, and without any lofty expectations. Words like “small” and “potential” will describe this until we see the actual results.

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