Kirin in China

Google announced last week that it will censor its services in China in return for gaining greater access to the massive potential market. A lot of people have been pretty unhappy about the move by the company whose unofficial motto is "Do no evil".

The only reason I mention the story on this blog, is that it appears the Chinese state had been censoring a lot of sites anyways - including this one. A college friend of Johanna's who lives in Shanghai was unable to see the blog until he went on holiday to Thailand. It must be all those mentions of Tiananmen, Tibet and gross human rights violations. Or maybe it's because Kirin is also a Japanese word. Remember Nanking?

Long live "free" market capitalism.