I loved this question from fellow blogger Tim Faulkner: "What's more evil than Google? A Google partly controlled by the Chinese government."

Okay, I'm not sure that I think evil is really the appropriate adjective for Google, Inc. But the Chinese government wants to implement state-ownership and/or control of video sharing sites accessible in China, and the obvious question is how that will impact the Google-owned site, YouTube - popular in China. Will it effect it at all outside of China?




Of course, all the usual statements about the evils of censorship in China also apply. Add another level to the Great Firewall of China...

The video sharing industry has been a venture capital playground in the past in China. The new regulations on video sites is sure to intensify the trend of VC money shrinking away from IT in China. A number of video sites in China are waiting to see if the government will take control of their private businesses. See full article.
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