One of the pioneers of Chinese blogging, co-author of
Anothr.com , Issac Mao, has published
an open letter to the founders of
Google , urging them to abandon the “policy of copromises” regarding Google’s presence in China.
Addressing Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Isaac draws their attention to the active support of the Chinese Internet users at those moments when the company began to have “problems” in China. This was the case, for example, in 2002, when Google’s websites were first blocked by the country's authorities: then users actually spontaneously organized a wave of protest - on forums, blogs, etc. After 4 years, the same people think about the question of whether to continue to support Google. Filtering search results by some keywords on google.cn disappointed users. Such "self-censorship" is unacceptable, says Isaac Mao.
The author of the letter suggests the company to promote the development of the Internet in China by investing in the national segment of the world wide network through venture funds, helping to create anti-censorship programs, and promoting “free sites” using Google Adsense.