For this week, we observed the conflict of a repressed technological economy that is being denied the access of Google’s services. Sundar Pichal, who is Google’s CEO, spoke publicly for the first time on the company's effort to launch a search engine project in China. Google has not been available in China for the past decade. However, Pichal stated that Google’s mission was to provide the world with information, and that a dedicated search engine could help Chinese citizens access more reliable medical information. Sundar Pichal has no plans on slowing down his initiatives as he looks to launch in China and drive profits to new Highs.
Pichal stated, “ Today people either get fake cancer treatments, or useful information”. Google has not been available in the mainland for over a decade. The hard part is coming up with a solution that complies with China’s censorship laws. China makes up about 20% of the world’s population, which makes Google’s goal of providing information to users worldwide a bit challenging.
As Pichal continues to move forward with his plans of expansion despite the criticism, the company internally has been negatively affected by this movement. A senior scientist resigned from the company due to the company ultimately enabling China’s ‘repressing and manipulating’ of its citizens.
A lot of challenges come into account when big businesses, such as Google, decides to expand in different domains. As you can see, politics and government play a huge role in policies and regulations. Executives must take into account all the factors that go into play when expanding their businesses in other global leaders territories.
