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• Questions For Google If/When Google.cn Shuts Down
  DigiCha, March 22nd, 2010 at 12:15 am, Comments: 0

  If the rumors and speculation are correct, Google.cn may shut as soon as this week. Most pundits will likely praise Google for staring down the Chinese government and choosing “doing good” over “doing evil”. To help Google shareholders and the rest of the world better understand this decision (assuming it occurs of course), would Google [...]

• A Coming China Golden Age Of Online Video Profits For Content Owners?
  DigiCha, February 4th, 2010 at 10:52 am, Comments: 0

  China’s online video usage is massive. According to CNNIC 240m Chinese Internet users watched online videos at the end of 2009. The online video ad market is small (figures are hard to come by but I estimate no more than USD 120m) but growing fast.

• Google, China and “Digital Combat”
  DigiCha, January 26th, 2010 at 10:08 am, Comments: 0

  Today’s New York Times has a long and interesting piece by Markoff and others on US preparedness for cyberwar–In Digital Combat, U.S. Finds No Easy Deterrent. As usual anything by Markoff is a good read. I want to focus on several points in the article relating to Google ($GOOG) and China. I believe the points [...]

• Will Secretary Clinton’s Speech On Internet Freedom Kill Google’s Hope For A Compromise in China?
  DigiCha, January 21st, 2010 at 11:50 am, Comments: 0

  Secrectary of State Hillary Clinton is delivering a speech in which, according to the Wall Street Journal, she will announce that “the U.S. plans to make unrestricted access to the Internet a top foreign-policy priority.” I think it is wonderful that the U.S. will push Internet freedom globally. But the timing could probably not be worse [...]

• What IP Was Stolen From Google, And Where Does Morality Come Into The Picture?
  DigiCha, January 17th, 2010 at 12:34 pm, Comments: 0

  There is still much speculation and little true knowledge about what really drove Google’s ($GOOG) decision to publicly state that it is “no longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn” and may consider shutting down their operations in China. We know Google was hacked, some of their intellectual property was stolen, and they now [...]