Comments on: Can Google Stay In China And Still Save Face? http://searchengineland.com/can-google-stay-in-china-and-still-save-face-37900 Search Engine Land: News On Search Engines, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) & Search Engine Marketing (SEM) Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:39:57 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Winooski http://searchengineland.com/can-google-stay-in-china-and-still-save-face-37900/comment-page-1#comment-9155 Winooski Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:46:06 +0000 http://searchengineland.com/?p=37900#comment-9155 "Given that the Chinese aren’t going to back down, how might Google remain in China and still save face in the West?" Stop doing biz in China as "Google", then start doing biz there as, say, "Not Google". Seriously. (Well, not the actualy name, but the concept.) They could have their cake and eat it, too: Tell the world that they took a principled stand and ceased to offer Google services there, then offer China identical services with a different brand name. “Given that the Chinese aren’t going to back down, how might Google remain in China and still save face in the West?”

Stop doing biz in China as “Google”, then start doing biz there as, say, “Not Google”. Seriously. (Well, not the actualy name, but the concept.) They could have their cake and eat it, too: Tell the world that they took a principled stand and ceased to offer Google services there, then offer China identical services with a different brand name.

]]> By: Clifford Bryan http://searchengineland.com/can-google-stay-in-china-and-still-save-face-37900/comment-page-1#comment-9138 Clifford Bryan Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:29:48 +0000 http://searchengineland.com/?p=37900#comment-9138 Industrial espionage is a fairly common practice in China. The U.S. government does its fair share also. Given that Google's SVP-David Drummond is a lawyer, his statement was just rhetoric, designed to apply as much pressure as possible on the Chinese government. I don't think it's a matter of saving face. Besides, there are no words in Chinese for \yes\ or \no\. This is classic Yin and Yang. Industrial espionage is a fairly common practice in China. The U.S. government does its fair share also. Given that Google’s SVP-David Drummond is a lawyer, his statement was just rhetoric, designed to apply as much pressure as possible on the Chinese government. I don’t think it’s a matter of saving face. Besides, there are no words in Chinese for \yes\ or \no\. This is classic Yin and Yang.

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