In order for a internet company, such as Google, to do business with a nation like China, certain censorship laws must be respected and followed. Unlike in many western nations, censorship in China is rather prevalent, whether it be internet or newspapers.
Google had originally been divided internally over whether would be done under censorship in china, however it was decided upon that by not being involved, it would be more disadvantageous to human rights.
This position of doing business with the Chinese Government recently changed when Google found out email accounts of Chinese human rights activists had been hacked into.
Baidu, Google's competitor, and close aly with the Chinese government, re-framed the issue; by stating Google had backed out due to financial reasons rather than human rights reasons. He stated Google came in second to his company in ownership of the Chinese market.
Google owned almost 1/3 of a the growing 1 billion dollar market, and was predicted to pull in 600 million dollars this year alone, had they stayed in.
Greg Voegtle
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8455712.stm
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