Friday, April 17, 2009

Google Offers Links Free Downloads in China


Google plays by different rules in China.  In the past Google aided the Chinese government in censoring the Internet in China, and helping China track down Chinese bloggers.  Google wants the Chinese customers, but at what moral price ?
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Google Offers Links Free Downloads in China

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Kai-fu Lee of Google Greater China, in Beijing on Monday.


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Kai-fu Lee of Google Greater China, in Beijing on Monday.



By DAVID BARBOZA

Published: March 31, 2009



SHANGHAI - Trying to gain ground in one of the few markets where it is behind, Google said Monday that it had begun to offer in China links to free music downloads, a service it does not offer anywhere else in the world.