Google has threatened to pull out of China, while Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was surprisingly blunt in her criticisms of that nation's online censorship. China, meanwhile, denies any involvement in the recent hack attempts, and said that any such accusation is “groundless and aims to denigrate China.”
Will the United States back up words with action? Will Google really withdraw from such a huge market? And will China re-think its "great firewall"? Schwartz Fellow Christina Larson discussed the kerfuffle in the Jan. 26, 2010, New America / Politico web chat. A full transcript is available below.
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Google has threatened to pull out of China, while Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was surprisingly blunt in her criticisms of that nation's online censorship. China, meanwhile, denies any involvement in the recent hack attempts, and said that any such accusation is “groundless and aims to denigrate China.”
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