<story><title>Google Suppresses Memo Revealing Plans to Closely Track Search Users in China</title><url>https://theintercept.com/2018/09/21/google-suppresses-memo-revealing-plans-to-closely-track-search-users-in-china/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>thisgoodlife</author><text>That&amp;#x27;s bs. Apple is making billions from China each year without any bs partnership.</text></item><item><author>lph</author><text>The idea that this appeasement will make Google a contender in China is blazingly ignorant of Chinese politics. No foreign company will ever be allowed to gain significant market share; it would be seen as a national security threat. The only way for Google would be to forge an equal partnership with a Chinese tech giant---Tencent, Alibaba, Huawei, or maybe one of the two dominant cell carriers.&lt;p&gt;Google is selling out for nothing.</text></item><item><author>devoply</author><text>Fact of the matter is that there is a Chinese internet and a US internet. Going forward there will be a Chinese internet, that some authoritarian countries will adopt that are a part of the Chinese sphere of influence. American companies, and the American government through them want a foothold on that internet. This is the only way for them to do so.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cnbc.com&amp;#x2F;2018&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;20&amp;#x2F;eric-schmidt-ex-google-ceo-predicts-internet-split-china.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cnbc.com&amp;#x2F;2018&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;20&amp;#x2F;eric-schmidt-ex-google-ceo-p...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>wrs</author><text>Ouch. It must be really fun for Googlers to hear their company is working so hard to repress dissidents trying to reveal its secret project to help China repress dissidents.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>2600</author><text>Regarding iCloud, Apple has made decisions to bring Chinese iCloud in compliance with Chinese regulations. Chinese iCloud accounts, data, and encryption keys are stored with a Chinese firm overseen by the Chinese government.</text></comment>
<story><title>Google Suppresses Memo Revealing Plans to Closely Track Search Users in China</title><url>https://theintercept.com/2018/09/21/google-suppresses-memo-revealing-plans-to-closely-track-search-users-in-china/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>thisgoodlife</author><text>That&amp;#x27;s bs. Apple is making billions from China each year without any bs partnership.</text></item><item><author>lph</author><text>The idea that this appeasement will make Google a contender in China is blazingly ignorant of Chinese politics. No foreign company will ever be allowed to gain significant market share; it would be seen as a national security threat. The only way for Google would be to forge an equal partnership with a Chinese tech giant---Tencent, Alibaba, Huawei, or maybe one of the two dominant cell carriers.&lt;p&gt;Google is selling out for nothing.</text></item><item><author>devoply</author><text>Fact of the matter is that there is a Chinese internet and a US internet. Going forward there will be a Chinese internet, that some authoritarian countries will adopt that are a part of the Chinese sphere of influence. American companies, and the American government through them want a foothold on that internet. This is the only way for them to do so.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cnbc.com&amp;#x2F;2018&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;20&amp;#x2F;eric-schmidt-ex-google-ceo-predicts-internet-split-china.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cnbc.com&amp;#x2F;2018&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;20&amp;#x2F;eric-schmidt-ex-google-ceo-p...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>wrs</author><text>Ouch. It must be really fun for Googlers to hear their company is working so hard to repress dissidents trying to reveal its secret project to help China repress dissidents.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>eastendguy</author><text>That is because Chinese manufactures still need Apple and Foxconn, iPhones are made (assembled) in China. Once that changes (i. e. in a few years) watch how new regulations will destroy or at least reduce the iPhone business.</text></comment>