http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/ Engadget Comments for Google's spat with Chinese government causes 'postponement' of Android phones http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/Jan 19th 2010 7:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/Jan 19th 2010 7:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/
Soon, very soon. China already owns 50% of the United States, soon 50% of the world, followed by 50% of the Universe.

You will be assimilated. ]]>Jan 19th 2010 7:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/
"the phones will be 'postponed' if China plays nice, or 'never gonna happen' if it doesn't."

More like

"The phones will be 'postponed' if Google plays nice, or 'never gonna happen' if it doesn't."

I think Engadget has totally misread this one.]]>Jan 19th 2010 8:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/Right... its called Motorora powered by Androi 2.2]]>Jan 19th 2010 9:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/
What this means is that the Chinese and others will realize that being dependent on US products is detrimental and they'll move to alternatives and locally developed things. Sort of like how we moved away from dependency on foreign oil.

Oh wait..
]]>Jan 19th 2010 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/
The west gets worse every day while China's situation is rapidly improving and I'm sure it won't be long before "Anyone else happy they don't live in China?" will be "I wish I lived in China".]]>Jan 19th 2010 9:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/
I'm thinking the same thing. Its Google that needs to bow down or the phones will never be released. Don't do it Google. F**k censoring search results!!]]>Jan 19th 2010 9:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/
Please tell me I'm missing some blatant sarcasm or you have some proof of the assertion that western nations censor more than China.]]>Jan 19th 2010 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/
Ha, you wish you lived here. The food, the money, the girls.

Have fun in NYC with the whole economic meltdown guys.]]>Jan 19th 2010 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/Jan 19th 2010 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/
the china bubble is bound to burst soon leaving it in turmoil!]]>Jan 19th 2010 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/
I am glad someone remember that. China knows better. It is a fight neither can win. They can't win economically either. Honestly, everybody forgets they make nothing we can't make and make better than they do. They just do it cheap with virtual slave labor. Thats all they have going for them. 1.5 billion people.]]>Jan 19th 2010 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/
newsflash guys, talking about wars and nukes on the internet doesn't make you any cooler or tough. ]]>Jan 19th 2010 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/
No, but it doesn't make them wrong either.]]>Jan 19th 2010 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/What China should do is kick them out altogether. Then they should forge stronger ties w/ Google's competitors (Palm, Apple, MS, Yahoo...) and really teach them a lesson. That was very ballsy of Google (I guess they dont have two 'O's for nothing).

@Wesscoast
"Ha, you wish you lived here. The food, the money, the girls."

Huh? Dont get me started on the 'food'. And what girls?? The male:female ratio is horrible and forecasts say that by 2020 a few dozen million Chinese males wont have a female partner.]]>Jan 19th 2010 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/It is time for us all to teach our children mandarin.

Say goodbye to Tibet, Good-Bye to the USA's dominance in the world. Say good bye to Morotocla, and Elgin and Hamilton wacthes. Are Shcwin bicycles made here anymore? What do we have left? Harley-Davidson? You all joke about teh Robot Overlords! Fools! Lyndon la Rouche and L. Ron Hubbard control your minds! I am going to learn Mandarin so that when our new Chinese overloards arrive, I will be getting a good job as an American-English to Mandarin translator. While YOUR families are living in the new American shanties, working for low wages to build electronic goods for the New Rising Chinese Ruling classes, I and MY family will be living well as we translate for the new Chinese rulers!!!!

I want my MTV!!! Tienamen Square was NEVER HAPPENED!!!! ]]>Jan 19th 2010 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/
yup i'm so sick and tired of china's bullsh*t.

]]>Jan 20th 2010 12:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/Ain't gonna hurt china, all china cares about is its export and real estate where all the corrupt officials are making tons of money, if somehow google can trying to do something there, might actually trigger some change]]>Jan 20th 2010 4:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/
The biggest selling points (not for me) of Android is actually this kind of integration. ]]>Jan 19th 2010 7:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/
+1, I don't know why you're not "Highest Ranked" yet, that's a great point. One of the reasons my change from the iPhone to Android was seamless was because I'm already an avid Google services user. ]]>Jan 19th 2010 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/Jan 19th 2010 7:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/
Depends on whether or not you're considering Taiwan as part of China or not.]]>Jan 19th 2010 7:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/Let them switch sides. Here's the question.. who are they gonna sell their products too if they do. Of the 1.5 billion people less than 200 million of them live at working / middle class level the rest of the world does. They can make all they want, but if they have no one to sell it to...]]>Jan 19th 2010 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/Jan 19th 2010 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/
Plus, the Chinese communist party has only been in power for ~50, most people have experienced these events (e.g. Tienanmen) first hand, they don't need to search for them on the internet....]]>Jan 19th 2010 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/
And yes, it will be KIRF'd anyways. So what the heck.]]>Jan 19th 2010 7:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/10 ppl in the US, nobody cares. Esp not the Chinese.

There are barely any Android phones in Asia so its not like we'll be "deprived". The biggest players are Nokia, Samsung, SE, LG & Moto. All of them apart from MOTO has other platforms to fall back on & considering how valuable the Chinese market has been for Moto's bottom line I doubt the "postponement" is going to last very long.

]]>Jan 19th 2010 7:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/Symbol Fail.]]>Jan 19th 2010 8:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/Jan 19th 2010 8:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/Jan 19th 2010 7:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/
The hedgehog isn't naked anymore, he has million-dollar pants, with the fly down.]]>Jan 19th 2010 3:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/
I just see diversions and hypocrisy.]]>Jan 19th 2010 7:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/Jan 19th 2010 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/Jan 20th 2010 2:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/Jan 20th 2010 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/Jan 19th 2010 7:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/
I'm sorry to pour cold water on your kumbaya here, but a bunch of Chinese folks staged a real protest against the Communist government 20 years ago, and were crushed by tanks and guns.

This is a spat over search engines and phones. China doesnt give a fig over some hippie US company with a weird name pulling out of a market that everyone else is making bank off of in a cruddy world economy.

Google wasnt making anything in China anyway, so there "stand for freedom" is nothing more than a nice PR cover for them running up the white flag because that Chinese search engine was eating there lunch.]]>Jan 19th 2010 8:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/
Really? I thought Google was gaining marketshare over there?]]>Jan 19th 2010 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/Jan 19th 2010 8:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/
yes i was just thinking about that. weird for google to threaten with their phones when they're built in china]]>Jan 19th 2010 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/Goggle is just a name put on the phone, like say Verizon tagging their phones. The phones are made by other companies, and most of them are Korean. I doubt goggle pulling out of a 300Million person billion dollar market will make a dent. Someone will pick up. Its a gold mine.]]>Jan 19th 2010 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/
Yep, Google could try to make phones somewhere else. Maybe not so easy as it does not have any factories. Nokia has manufacturing of its own in Korea, Finland, Hungary, Romania, Mexico, Brazil, India and of course China. Makes bit more sense. ]]>Jan 19th 2010 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/Jan 19th 2010 8:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/Just google alone.. NO.. if join by Microsoft, Oracle, Sun micro, Motorola, HP.. maybe... but these companies got no balls just bowing their heads for the sake of profit... ]]>Jan 19th 2010 9:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/If Google actually incited the American consumer to rise up and boycott these other brands until they refused to cooperate with China's censorship then maybe these companies would join the cause. The problem is that all the American consumer does is complain about the government regulating everything, which results in more deregulation and more jobs, money and power moving to China, or they complain about the government not regulating enough, all the while sitting on their extra-wide asses buying up products made in China. Goodness forbid that people actually go without their iPhones, Windows or anything made in China or by anyone who supports Chinese censorship in order to make a point via consumer activism.

With all the hub-bub over "socialism taking over this country" I'm surprised that so many people are working hard to defend or are just indifferent about our current capitalist system which is actively supporting Maoist communism. If people gave a damn, they'd be burning every single product they could find that was stamped with the words "Made in China" and at least start exclusively buying products from developing countries with a stable democracy.]]>Jan 19th 2010 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/rhetoric != strategy
ignorance != knowledge
consumer != citizen
fantasy != reality

Some people play way too much video games.]]>Jan 19th 2010 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/Good points but your point on "they'd be burning every single product they could find that was stamped with the words "Made in China" well.... that won't happen since 70-80 percents of everything are Made in China..unless you want to pay 5 times more for a toaster Made in USA.. that is the cause and a difficult choice for consumer to ignore..]]>Jan 19th 2010 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/Jan 19th 2010 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/googles-spat-with-chinese-government-causes-postponement-of-a/Jan 19th 2010 8:59AM