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suraj.sun writes "China's top Internet regulator insisted Friday that Google must obey its laws or "pay the consequences," giving no sign of a possible compromise in their dispute over censorship and hacking.
"If you want to do something that disobeys Chinese law and regulations, you are unfriendly, you are irresponsible and you will have to pay the consequences," Li Yizhong, the minister of Industry and Information Technology, said on the sidelines of China's annual legislature.
"Whether they leave or not is up to them," Li said. "But if they leave, China's Internet market is still going to develop."
Li insisted the government needs to censor Internet content to protect the rights of the country and its people. "If there is information that harms stability or the people, of course we will have to block it," he said.
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"If you want to do something that disobeys Chinese law and regulations, you are unfriendly, you are irresponsible and you will have to pay the consequences," Li Yizhong, the minister of Industry and Information Technology, said on the sidelines of China's annual legislature.
"Whether they leave or not is up to them," Li said. "But if they leave, China's Internet market is still going to develop."
Li insisted the government needs to censor Internet content to protect the rights of the country and its people. "If there is information that harms stability or the people, of course we will have to block it," he said.
AP: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gKrY51vO2V86xiICf35Q05J0FIEAD9ED1NF80"
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In other news... (Score:4, Insightful)
the government needs to censor Internet content to protect the rights of the country and its people
And war is peace, freedom is slavery, and we've always been at war with Oceania.
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the government needs to censor Internet content to protect the rights of the country and its people
I realize that the censorship is part and parcel of China's totalitarian government, but I also wonder how much of this comes from traditional Chinese culture and the Chinese concept of "losing face". Having your misdeeds publicly exposed is one way of "losing face" that is deeply embedded in Chinese culture and is something that is be avoided at all costs. They have word/term for this in the language.
I do