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1. Why did Google issue the statement of January 12? 1).

The direct reason was Google detected highly sophisticated attacks from Chin a on its computer systems, which tried to access email accounts of Chinese human rights activists. 2). Google issued the statement to express the company s unwillingness to tolerate censorship in China and the decision to exit from China. The Chinese government made the decision to control the information flow on the Internet and insisted on removing information from search results that it is considered politically ob jectionable, which leads to the insufficiency and inaccuracy of the search resul t. This is not what Google wants. The statement doesn t aim at accusing of the cyb er attacks across the Internet and helping users make their computers much safer , but declare that Google won t compromise to the censorship in China any more, wh ich violates the missions and principles of the company To organize the world s info rmation and make it universally accessible and useful and do no evil. To be clear they are facing difficulties in their efforts made to provide great services to the Chinese users To tell people that they believe in and insist on freedom of speech and democrac y on the web To tell the reason, which are that they are unwilling to tolerate censorship, an d that they are threatened to exit China market 2. Can Google take comfort from the reactions of stakeholders so far? Google s way of announcement is very open and beneficial for the stakeholders as they get to know about the company s future plans in advance and they get enoug h time to manipulate and manage their plans and decisions. It is a very bold and right strategy for getting stakeholders trust and loyalty for the company. After publishing the statement, there are definitely supportive reactions as well as different opinions. Although this action would earn some ethic resp ect from the stakeholders, and get the public attention, giving up such a huge p otential market would have negative impact in short-term period. It can be refle cted by the stock price of Google during Jan. 2010. However, based on the long-term strategy, persisting in their own core princ iple which is accepted widely even in China and being a company not just pursuin g the profit but also pursuing the society benefit, will win the trust of its em ployees and even more users. That is the most important to a company. In reality , Google will not actually lose the market and users in China. In my opinion, it depends on different stakeholders. For competitors, such as Ba idu, there is no doubt that Google exiting from China is great news by getting r id of such a strong competitor. And also I don t think the shareholders of the com pany were happy to see that, as the stock price of Google falling as low as $573 .09 on January 13 comparing to $714.87 in December 2007. And cutting themselves off from one of the fastest-growing economies in the world and giving up such a huge market would lead to negative impact to the revenues of the company. Those shareholders would give extra pressure. However, the statement won some respect and support from democrats and human rights activists, and also won the trust of its users and the employees outside China, not the ones in China. Analysis: GOOG China Pull Out Might Be An Extension Of Its 'Borderless' Korean P olicy Posted by Tom Foremski - January 13, 2010 Google's new found willingness to pull out of China because of hacking attempts by agents of the Chinese government doesn't make sense. Why would the Chinese government seek information through hacking? It could give

Google a legal order to divulge specific information and Google would comply, a s it has done countless times in the past, not only in China but in other countr ies including the US. Time and again Google's top executives have said they comply with all laws withi n each country. Also, the hacking attempts were largely rebuffed. Google's security technology p revented the attackers from gaining much useful data. David Drummond, SVP, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer reported: Only two Gmail accounts appear to have been accessed, and that activity was limi ted to account information (such as the date the account was created) and subjec t line, rather than the content of emails themselves. ...accounts have not been accessed through any security breach at Google, but mo st likely via phishing scams or malware placed on the users' computers. Leaving China does nothing to improve overall security, Google faces such attack s all the time, from every region. The question remains is why now? Google could have taken a stand on human rights in China on many occasions in the past. In a Tweet yesterday, Bobbie Johnson, a reporter for the UK based Guardian newsp aper, pointed out:"Goog acted after its rights were infringed, not the rights of its users." But even this doesn't explain why Google has found its backbone and made a stand now. It has to be because it has adopted a new policy, one that it tested last year in Korea. And it's a policy in which Google is able to take advantage of the global nature of the Internet to thwart any national ambitions -- no matter how large. We first saw this new policy at work last year in South Korea where the governme nt has passed a new law that requires users posting video, or comments on large web sites to use their real names. Web site operators must collect and verify us ers names. The "real-name" law is designed to clamp down on government critics. What did Google do? When the deadline arrived for the new law to be implemented, it blocked Korean users uploading videos or leaving comments on its Korean YouT ube site. It told them to use YouTube sites in other countries. [You can read my news report here: Google Is Facing Wrath Of Korean Government O ver Snub Of Internet Law] It neatly sidestepped the law by making use of the global nature of the Internet . It showed the limits of government power and its jurisdiction -- the Internet is global and beyond the reach of any one country. Based on its Korean experience, Google is gaining in confidence that it can stic k to its principles and stay clear of any repressive government policies, anywhe re, by taking advantage of the global Internet. It can stay beyond the reach of any government, including the US if it has to, b y moving its HQ and its operations around the world. It has more than 50 data ce nters all over the world.

This is a watershed moment and one that governments everywhere must be paying cl ose attention to because it demonstrates that when its citizens engage with the Internet, it is a world without borders and where building borders is futile. [C hina's "Great Firewall" is very porous.] That's a frightening scenario for any government especially a Chinese government wary of any competition for the hearts and minds of its citizens. And the Inter net is its largest source of competitive ideas. With China, Google is making a bet that there is a business and moral value in a n unfiltered Internet, an Internet that is larger than the borders of any one co untry. I'm pretty sure we already know who's right. The larger picture here is that Google has realised it has an important advantag e: it's not constrained by borders but governments are.

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