Comments on: Google China row: Why this really does matter http://www.investmentandbusinessnews.co.uk/china/google-china-row-why-this-really-does-matter/ Irreverent, punchy and thought-provoking Wed, 02 Mar 2011 18:48:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Colin Blackman http://www.investmentandbusinessnews.co.uk/china/google-china-row-why-this-really-does-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-2418 Colin Blackman Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:08:18 +0000 http://www.investmentandbusinessnews.co.uk/?p=6080#comment-2418 The people who will gain most are the China bashers. What the West needs is a politically stable China. That stability is maintained by an iron grip on everything and severe penalties for dissenters. Perhaps Google’s withdrawal from China, if that is what they eventually decide, is part of the price for that stability. We should question whether the China bashers are reacting to that ‘iron grip’ or fuelling the paranoia that creates it? The people who will gain most are the China bashers.

What the West needs is a politically stable China. That stability is maintained by an iron grip on everything and severe penalties for dissenters. Perhaps Google’s withdrawal from China, if that is what they eventually decide, is part of the price for that stability.

We should question whether the China bashers are reacting to that ‘iron grip’ or fuelling the paranoia that creates it?

]]> By: Tom Denham http://www.investmentandbusinessnews.co.uk/china/google-china-row-why-this-really-does-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-2417 Tom Denham Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:31:55 +0000 http://www.investmentandbusinessnews.co.uk/?p=6080#comment-2417 Nice analysis! Thanks. Nice analysis! Thanks.

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