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Mum's the Word On Google Attack At Davos
theodp writes "BusinessWeek reports that the cyber attack on Google was the elephant-in-the-room at the annual meeting of world leaders in Davos. 'China didn't want to discuss Google,' Josef Ackermann, CEO of Deutsche Bank AG and a co-chair of this year's World Economic Forum, said in an interview. China's Vice Premier Li Keqiang made that clear, he added. Even Google CEO Eric Schmidt didn't bring up China, and Bill Gates was mum on the topic in an interview. The reluctance of companies to talk about China illustrates the pressure on them to protect their business in the country, while the US government doesn't want to upset Chinese investors, said Andy Mok of Red Pagoda Concepts LLC. 'People have their commercial interests,' explained Deutsche Bank's Ackermann."
UPSET CHINESE INVESTORS? WTF???
Who owns this country? Yeah, it's pretty self-evident from that statement. The Chinese do.
Welcome to the Communist States of China,folks, and let's all salute our leaders for pissing away the farm. Huzzah!!
But curiously, not the courage to claim your comment with an account name.
You are welcome on my lawn.
China's got a BILLION people living in it. It's naturally going to rise to its full potential over time, especially with such centralized control. To say that it's doing all of this because it's out to get us, is rather paranoid, xenophobic, and shallow. Wouldn't you want the best for yourself, too? Also, BECAUSE China is growing, the US is falling apart? Really? Iraq and Afghanistan are going to destroy us? Please. Doesn't anybody remember Vietnam? I think the US came out OK (albeit bruised and shamed) after that one. Slashdot conversations like these are great, it's as if we're all having a real discussion on the issues, implications, and possibilities, yet we aren't. This is just everybody's fears, angst, and value choices wrapped in the sesame seed bun of legitimate conversation. China's going do it's thing, get over it. Does it bug you that much? Don't buy Chinese products, but don't come crying to me when that doesn't affect anything anyway.