I'd like to commend Google for making moves to pull out of China because of censorship. China has a strong history of quashing dissent. This time, they've hacked into human rights activists' Gmail accounts.
With approximately 384 million internet users last year, the Chinese market will yield an estimated $600 million in revenue for Google. This is a small fraction of Google's predicted $26 billion in annual profits. But if they decide to cut ties with China, Google's real sacrifice would be China's future growth.
Their move signifies ideals rather than bottom lines.
NPR has some great coverage of this.
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