Google Took A Principled Stand On China.  Google Took A
Principled Stand On China.  I doubt it.  Ask yourself this… What
is it that has changed since Google entered the Chinese market
in 2006?  Google knew what they were getting themselves into:
dealing with censored results, government interference,
corporate espionage (sanctioned by the state), and much much
more. Not to mention having the entire deck stacked from the
onset against all foreign companies (in China, you get used,
striped, and then disgarded in favor of the home-grown
competitor).  So a dozen Gmail accounts get compromised and the
finger points to China. A few networks get breached.  So what?
How many Gmail accounts where compromised by government interest
in the rest of the world? How many times did a corporate network
get compromised by a competitor or a foreign interest? This is
standard-operating-procedure in big business and politics.
Let’s try this on for size…  1. Google enters the Chinese
market.  2. Chinese market/government favors