Losing Google Would Hit Chinese Science Hard

[DeSwiss]

Losing Google would hit Chinese science hard

SCIENCE NEWS
Posted 2010/02/24 at 1:03 pm EST


A Chinese national flag sways in front of Google China's headquarters
in Beijing in this January 14, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Jason Lee/Files


LONDON, Feb. 24, 2010 (Reuters) — More than three-quarters of scientists in China use the search engine Google as a primary research tool and say their work would be significantly hampered if they were to lose it, a survey showed on Wednesday.

Google's future in the country is uncertain following a row with Beijing, but Chinese scientists asked by the Nature journal how much they rely on Google said it was vital for finding academic papers, information about discoveries or other research programs and finding scholarly literature.

"Research without Google would be like life without electricity," one Chinese scientist said in the survey, which asked more than 700 scientists for their views. Google, the world's top search engine, said in January it had uncovered sophisticated China-based attacks on human rights activists using its Gmail service around the world.

Google said other firms had also been affected, and after checks into the attacks, the company had decided it was no longer willing to tolerate censorship on its Google.cn search engine. Google also threatened to shut its China offices. In the survey, 84 percent said losing Google would "somewhat or significantly" hamper their research and 78 percent said international collaborations would be affected.

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- Your move China......
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[DJ13]

1. Good

[DeSwiss]

2. Yes.

- I agree.

[medeak]

3. acqaintance in China

constantly asks me what the latest news is re google.

[DeSwiss]

9. China is not ready for Prime Time n/t

[medeak]

11. no way!

this brilliant young man is 2nd to cfo of major american insurance company! He desperately wants news besides what he hears from corporate. We have no idea how major corporations are in bed with China.

[Canuckistanian]

4. China needs Google more than Google needs China

I'd love to see Google shut down access.

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

7. As would I. China's got to learn that there are ramifications to shitty behavior.

[Cirque du So-What]

5. Suck it up, China!

It's just part of the downside associated with operating within a totalitarian regime. You've got a practically unlimited resource in cheap labor, so if your commie overlords deem that information is too dangerous for the proletariat to handle, then you'll have to deal with it.

[DeSwiss]

10. You said it.

And yet they don't seem to understand this. Which is why I say they're not ready for world leadership.

- They're leaders act like juveniles. Or Republicans.

[Barack_America]

6. Didn't China just get caught hacking Google?

Why the hell should Google want to continue doing business with them?

This won't be the first or the last policy by the repressive Chinese government that will hamper research in that country.

Boo-fucking-hoo, I say.

Learn to respect human rights and stop corporate espionage if you want the rest of the world to work with you.

[DeSwiss]

8. They claim not.

- In fact, they're threatening us to take it back, or they're gonna get mad! Which only confirms that it's too true.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=4283631&mesg_id=4283631">China's military warns Washington, denies hacking