What does Google's statement to back out of China mean? Why did they make such a rigid statement when they have been listening to the Chinese government for the last four years? Why would they put all the money to be grabbed from the world's largest online market at stake?
1. Successful diversion from the fact that Google accounts were hacked.
2. Founder Sergei, who was against censorship and operations in China from the beginning (four years back) gets ammo to take a go at Eric Schmidt who was in favor of Chinese operations.
3. To regain the trust it was losing in parts of Europe, US and Asia. (Stories about Google being the next Skynet and videos like these)
4. Looking into the future, Google does not want to become so dependent on the largest online market so that one day it will be dictating terms to the largest Internet company about how it does business in the rest of the world.
5. Google's motto-- Do no evil? Moral high ground?
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