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Title    China Clamps Down on Web, Pinching Companies Like Google
Date    Tuesday September 23 2014, @01:44AM
Author    n1
Topic   
from the knowing-when-you're-not-wanted dept.
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=14/09/22/2053252

mendax writes:

The Chinese government is at it again. The New York Times is reporting that "Google’s problems in China just got worse."

As part of a broad campaign to tighten internal security, the Chinese government has draped a darker shroud over Internet communications in recent weeks, a situation that has made it more difficult for Google and its customers to do business.

Chinese exporters have struggled to place Google ads that appeal to overseas buyers. Biotechnology researchers in Beijing had trouble recalibrating a costly microscope this summer because they could not locate the online instructions to do so. And international companies have had difficulty exchanging Gmail messages among far-flung offices and setting up meetings on applications like Google Calendar.

"It’s a frustrating and annoying drain on productivity," said Jeffrey Phillips, an American energy executive who has lived in China for 14 years. "You’ve got people spending their time figuring out how to send a file instead of getting their work done."

Links

  1. "mendax" - https://soylentnews.org/~mendax/
  2. "reporting" - http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/22/business/international/china-clamps-down-on-web-pinching-companies-like-google.html

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