Chinese Ad Resellers On Anti-Google Hunger Strike

itwbennett writes "About 200 employees from 7 Chinese ad reselling companies are protesting outside Google's offices in Shanghai in response to Google terminating their contracts, said Fan Meiyong, a representative for the group. 40 of those have gone on a hunger strike that will last until the group's grievances are resolved, Fan added. The ad resellers have said they have held talks with Google about the matter but they still don't know why the contracts were terminated. The group has even written an open letter to Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, asking them for their intervention."

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Their official statement

[Anonymous Coward]

we so hungry, we love you long time google

Re:Hunger Strike?

[Anonymous Coward]

Man those chinese are desperate. This isn't a prison, Google isn't responsible for your personal well-being under any international treaty, convention, or agreement.

I dunno, but it sure appears weird from thousands of miles away. I know it's an off the wall theory, but could it actually be motivated by the government as a way to marginalize the idea of a hunger strike as a meaningful protest so that actual political dissidents who go on hunger strikes might be more easily brushed off?

Suggest that the American government would do some covert action for its own selfish gain with no regard to who it harms and you're a looney conspiracy theorist nutter.

Suggest that the Chinese government would do some covert action for its own selfish gain with no regard for who it harms and you're Insightful and Interesting.

Bill Hicks said it best: all governments are liars and murderers. The worst kind of people love authority and are attracted to positions of power. Some governments just have better PR than others, that's all.

Re:Hunger Strike?

[Locutus]

first off, thanks for making me a parent by posting a reply, albeit AC. Secondly, one issue mentioned in a comment does NOT exclude all others. Thanks for playing.

LoB