Google and Facebook Are Welcome to China, If ...

• 10.13.2016, 15:27
•  Asia,  World,  No-politics

people.com.cn

At a press conference held in preparation for the upcoming World Internet Conference, in a response to a Bloomberg reporter's question, if the government would permit the two American internet giants to re-enter China. Ren Xianliang, deputy director of the Cyberspace Administration of China (which oversees internet governance) noted:

"China’s internet development has always maintained a policy of openness. As for foreign internet companies, as long as they respect China’s laws, don’t harm the interests of the country, and don’t harm the interests of consumers, we welcome them to enter China, where they can together share the benefits of China’s developing internet," Quartz reports.

To remind, both companies still have business-facing services in China, but Google effectively closed its consumer-facing search engine there in 2010, and authorities have blocked Facebook’s social network since 2009.