Bloomberg Versus Crovitz
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For 180-degree opposite views of the Google-China conflict, check out Gordon Crovitz's column in the Wall Street Journal this morning and a Bloomberg News piece masquerading as a news article. Mr. Crovitz portrays Google as the winner, in a "surprising victory":

Beijing compromised. It let Google continue to operate in China if it tweaked its mainland search box by asking users if they still want to be sent to the Hong Kong site. This is a minor inconvenience, and one that will constantly remind mainland Chinese they can choose between the censored and uncensored Internet, a marketing benefit to Google that advertising can't buy.

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Bloomberg Versus Crovitz
futureofcapitalism.com

For 180-degree opposite views of the Google-China conflict, check out Gordon Crovitz's column in the Wall Street Journal this morning and a Bloomberg News piece masquerading as a news article. Mr. Crovitz portrays Google as the winner, in a "surprising victory":

Beijing compromised. It let Google continue to operate in China if it tweaked its mainland search box by asking users if they still want to be sent to the Hong Kong site. This is a minor inconvenience, and one that will constantly remind mainland Chinese they can choose between the censored and uncensored Internet, a marketing benefit to Google that advertising can't buy.

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