Google’s China plan isn’t just evil – it’s bad for business

1. All other major tech and non-tech companies comply with Chinese regulations, to access their market. Why's Google's attempt any different?

2. If not Google, another American company, like Microsoft, will gladly fill Google's void in China by cooperating with Beijing. This is Google's loss with no impact to China, and gain for Google's competitors, who don't give a crap about being evil

3. While criticisms levied against China are fair and valid, America has an equally hostile tech policy - it routinely restricts tech exports to countries it sanctions, leveraging it's tech leadership position. For certain markets, alternatives don't exist, like in desktop PC processors where AMD and Intel are the only practical options, both of which are American. No wonder China arm twisted Intel into licensing x86 to Chinese manufacturers

While IP theft is unacceptable, China's stance of restricting American tech penetration de-risks itself from sanctions. Not to mention all the NSA backdoors in American tech that make it untrustworthy to adopt without audit.