Topic: How the Chinese Internet Needs to Up Its Game

[sam]

Back in March I thought that Google pulling out of China would hurt Google’s Chinese employees and shareholders more than anyone. The search engine was a distant number two in the market to Baidu, and many of the people already using Google in China, I assumed, were doing so through VPNs anyway, meaning the government blocking it wouldn’t immediately change much in terms of users’ experience. Beyond that, I figured startups in China’s thriving Web scene would rush in to fill any void.

http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/14/how-the-chinese-internet-needs-to-up-its-game/