Google’s G-spot and Baidu’s B – Tech-Web

www.blackandwhitecat.org — Another perspective on Google's most recent problems with the Chinese government over inappropriate search results. The new twist here, for me, is the idea that it's actually a PR masterstroke for Google led by Google China president Kai Fu-lee

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