China Criticizes Google's "US Ties"

krou writes "State-run news agency Xinhua has attacked what it calls Google's 'intricate ties with the US government' amongst its high level officials, claiming that it's 'an open secret that some security experts in the Pentagon are from Google.' They have also accused the company of trying to change Chinese society by imposing American values on it. Xinhua said that 'One company's ambition to change China's internet rules will only prove to be ridiculous.' Google has denied the claims. Google spokeswoman Jessica Powell said that 'The decision to review our business in China was entirely Google's and Google's alone.'"

Comments

um wot?

[Anonymous Coward]

wots, uh... the deal?

Re:I feel lucky to be born in the USA

[blackraven14250]

Unable to board an airplane != being thrown in jail for years

Re:I feel lucky to be born in the USA

[betterunixthanunix]

Which is I said, "Not as bad as what happens in China." Try reading more than the first sentence, perhaps it will help clarify things for you.

Re:I feel lucky to be born in the USA

[betterunixthanunix]

Could you at least read the next sentence? Seriously, I said it was not as bad as what the Chinese do. GP said that he feels free to criticize the US government without fear of reprisal, and all I said was that, in fact, criticism of the US government does not go unpunished. No, it is not the same thing as what the Chinese do, but it is not the democratic ideal that we like to hold ourselves and our society to.