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Google and the China Question

Google and the China Question

As opponent of all forms of censorship, I still do not believe that there is good reason to join the hate campaign against Google for complying with the Chinese government’s restrictions on what Google’s search engines can call up. Yes, all information should be available to all people. But given the choice, it is better to have tons of information than no information, and better trade than war.

I explained this point of view in an interview with Declan McCullagh, and he wrote it up in this article.

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