Google's exit from China will be the dumbest decision in history

Google's exit from China will be the dumbest decision in history
January 13, an industry celebrity, Tang June, said he was surprised when he saw Google's intention to withdraw from the Chinese market this morning, saying: "It will be the dumbest decision they have made in history." "It doesn't matter to Chinese netizens, but it will be the dumbest decision they have made in history, giving up China is tantamount to giving up half the future world!" ”

"I believe that Google's headquarters will be sorry for its language and behavior," he said. But language regrets will be even bigger because Google, as a multinational, is unlikely to exit the Chinese market. ”

"So this is more likely to be a Google headquarters some of the management of a momentary angry words, and is very irresponsible angry words." Many multinationals, such as Microsoft, have also failed to achieve good performance in the first ten years of entering the Chinese market, but no one will deny that the Chinese market today is an important part of what Microsoft cannot give up. ”

Tang June believes that Google can not exit the Chinese market.

As to why Google said the "angry words" that caused widespread media attention, Tang June thinks there are three main reasons: first, some hackers are the fuse; second, some of the pornography is regulated and censored, but it is fair to all internet companies; third, this is the signal from the top companies Expressed dissatisfaction with the performance of its Chinese affiliates. Tang June believes that dissatisfaction with China's division management is the most important reason for Google to publish this blog post.

Tang June also believes that the release of such comments from Google's headquarters will certainly hurt the management of its Chinese branch offices.

Also as a foreign-funded internet company, Microsoft MSN and Bing may have similar attacks or regulatory issues, but Tang June believes that no matter whether MSN or Bing, as long as the global presence, they will not give up the Chinese market.

At the same time, a source from inside Google learned that the current Google Chinese employees have not allowed access to any code, and can be paid vacation. Google China's public relations manager in the media connection, said it was unknown to the headquarters statement, need to further understand to explain.

Last September, Google's Greater China President Kai-Fu Lee announced his departure. China's web search market has been China's Baidu Inc. Firmly occupy, if the final closure of google.cn, Baidu is undoubtedly a big positive.

Affected by the news, Google in the trading after the shares fell 1.3%, reported 583.05 U.S. dollars, the day closed at 590.48 U.S. dollars.

Baidu was affected by the day's Web site hacker attacks can not be normal access and the market adjustment effect, the stock price jump opened low, open for 394.13 U.S. dollars, down 6.44 U.S. dollars, a decrease of 1.6%. But after the disk was affected by Google's withdrawal from the China statement, the share price rebounded, down 3.51% to close at $386.49.