Google just revealed its new China strategy, which turned out to be redirecting its Chinese customers to an uncensored version of Google search based in Hong Kong. Our first thought was that somehow Google missed the news that the British handed Hong Kong back to China in 1997. We were...
Posted March 15, 2010 | 16:07:55 (EST)
Google and the Chinese government are headed for a showdown in the next few days, and the significance of this confrontation goes far beyond any one company's financial prospects. If Google leaves China because of human rights principles, it will be the first major global company to do since Levi...
Posted June 12, 2009 | 11:17:34 (EST)
Note: One of us (Michael) just returned from China, his third trip in six months; the purpose of this trip was to launch his latest book, China 2020 - How Western Business Can - and Should - Influence Social and Political Change in the Coming Decade (Cornell University Press...
Posted February 26, 2009 | 17:07:49 (EST)
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wants to be the Obama administration's point person on relations with China. In that light, how should her visit to Beijing last week be evaluated? The best that can be said is that the last thing the U.S. needs right now is another global problem,...
Posted February 18, 2009 | 18:16:53 (EST)
It makes perfect sense that China is one of the first countries Hillary Clinton will visit as Secretary of State -- except, perhaps, to the Chinese, who await her arrival with no small degree of concern. Yes, it's our largest trading partner; yes, China will be a centerpiece of Secretary...
Posted January 8, 2009 | 09:53:54 (EST)
MEMORANDUM
To: President Elect Barack Obama
Hilary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State nominee
Ron Kirk, U.S. Trade Representative nominee
Julius Genachowski, Obama Transition Team - Technology
From: Michael A. Santoro and Wendy Goldberg
Re: Chinese Internet Censorship: It's About Fair Trade, Not Just Human Rights
Posted March 23, 2010 | 09:55:36 (EST)