Comments on: Are U.S. Investors Financing Censorship in China?

By: abouttime.com

abouttime.com — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:53:50 +0000

@xiaomoogle: It's meant to be accepted as OK as long as some outside party makes a LOT of money. But if everyone were to lose money, ethics would come back through the window, albeit for the purpose of trying to make money.

Ethics only comes into play only if it leads to profits. Can't make money ethically? Throw out ethics! Jongoism screwing everbody? Bring back ethics. In other words, money/profit is the goal and any behavior is acceptable as long as it supports this goal.

Why do you think the guys on wall street ruined the entire economy? because they could make a lot of money even if they failed.

By: eideard

eideard — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:20:52 +0000

Any more Cold War ideology you care to revive?

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:51:28 +0000

In my opinion, the Great Firewall is pure protectionism and I’m surprised that China hasn’t already been brought to the WTO.

If you wanna see which websites are currently blocked in China, check out http://www.greatfirewall.biz

By: xiaomoogle

xiaomoogle — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 05:29:52 +0000

Many people are investing in censorship in China, because when money is involved ethics go out the window. The comment below is just typical - China would never allow a foreign company to dominate, and this is just meant to be accepted as ok. It's jingoism.

By: abouttime.com

abouttime.com — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 02:31:51 +0000

About time that you figured out what is going on here. No incentive for these investors to back out because as long as the baidu-china inc collaboration continues, the more powerful baidu becomes leading to a higher stock value. The original investors knew well before baidu's ipo that China would NEVER allow an outside search engine to dominate. NEVER. This is common knowledge.