China Confirms, No Exceptions To Its Law

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China Confirms, No Exceptions To Its Law [uk.reuters.com]

Google Inc will not be treated as an exception to China's demand foreign companies obey its laws, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, a week after the world's largest search engine warned it could pull out of China.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu pressed the company a little more on Tuesday in comments that suggested scant room for giving way to Google's demands.

"Foreign firms in China should respect China's laws and regulations, and respect China's public customs and traditions, and assume the corresponding social responsibilities, and of course Google is no exception," Ma told a regular briefing.

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I'm not sure that Google really expected an exception to the law. That seems outrageous. If the reverse were true, and some outside SE came into the US and said they wanted to show illegal content then they'd likewise be dismissed. I wonder if we'll ever hear the details of those discussions between Google and the Chinese authorities.