Chinese State Information Center
Wu Feng
Excerpted from the January 27, 2010, column An Analysis of Google’s Dilemma by State Information Center author Wu Feng. It’s clear that Google’s pull-out threat is simply a psychological tactic. Common sense economics tell us that the ultimate goal of capital operation is to pursue the maximum interests (not just maximum profit). As a public listed company, Google doesn’t make an exception. China is a huge market to the world and the Internet industry. And as a company that seeks maximum interests, Google knows this. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have poached Kaifu-Lee from Microsoft to run its China business at the…