[MPC] Android Market Blocked by China's Great Firewall (again)

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kikkO

Discussion Starter · Oct 12, 2011

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As if relations between China and Google weren't already tense, it's being reported that the Chinese government has gone and blocked the Android Market in the mainland. There's no love lost between these two giant entities, though why exactly China has chosen to erect a firewall in five major provinces to block users from downloading Android apps is not yet known.

Google needs to stop messing with China.

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Eduardv

· #2 · Oct 12, 2011

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Originally Posted by kikkO;15278042
Google needs to stop messing with China.

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What?

China needs to stop messing with foreign companies to favour their own.

I hope one day the EU and US blocks alot of chinese products in their market to give them a lesson.

airbozo

· #3 · Oct 12, 2011

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Originally Posted by Eduardv;15278101
What?

China needs to stop messing with foreign companies to favour their own.

I hope one day the EU and US blocks alot of chinese products in their market to give them a lesson.

Agreed.

China has a lot of issues to work on.

Joephis19

· #4 · Oct 12, 2011

Lord forbid Chinese people go without Angry Birds.....

finalturismo

· #5 · Oct 12, 2011

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Lord forbid Chinese people go without Angry Birds.....

lol is all i can say

luches

· #6 · Oct 12, 2011

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I hope one day the EU and US blocks alot of chinese products in their market to give them a lesson.

well, If they had done the same as china then chinese economy wouldn't walk over us in a few decades. Now its a little to late for that since chinese stuff have made their way to our bed as well !!! chinese cond...... is way cheaper !!

Kantastic

· #7 · Oct 12, 2011

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chinese cond...... is way cheaper !!

Cheaper, but also potentially toxic and lead to infertility. I'm Chinese (born American), and I would never eat, drink, or put anything Chinese into my system. Too many stories about laced milk powder, toxic soft drinks, lacking or non-existent product regulations, etc etc.

HK_47

· #8 · Oct 12, 2011

they won't allow for people to spend money on American Software..
china wants to remain the worlds top exporter!

Raiden911

· #9 · Oct 12, 2011

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Cheaper, but also potentially toxic and lead to infertility. I'm Chinese (born American), and I would never eat, drink, or put anything Chinese into my system. Too many stories about laced milk powder, toxic soft drinks, lacking or non-existent product regulations, etc etc.

What about Chinese food?

That sucks that they block the marketplace. I would expect given the many el cheapo tablets being made and used uses the Andriod OS wouldnt be an issue.

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Dranx

· #10 · Oct 12, 2011

The real sick part is actually WHY they have such strong filters over there... To make sure people don't get any "out of line" ideas and revolt or something.

kikkO

Discussion Starter · #11 · Oct 13, 2011

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Cheaper, but also potentially toxic and lead to infertility. I'm Chinese (born American), and I would never eat, drink, or put anything Chinese into my system. Too many stories about laced milk powder, toxic soft drinks, lacking or non-existent product regulations, etc etc.

That's because that's all we hear about China everyday, the negative news. If you haven't noticed, Western media never reports any positive news about China. I guess some people choose to only believe one side of the story, ignorance is bliss.

Regardless of what you think, 1.4 billion Chinese get by just fine everyday.

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The real sick part is actually WHY they have such strong filters over there... To make sure people don't get any "out of line" ideas and revolt or something.

It's worse in the US, because the real sick part is they don't tell you. At least in Russia and China you know you're getting screwed.

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lordikon

· #12 · Oct 13, 2011

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That's because that's all we hear about China everyday, the negative news. If you haven't noticed, Western media never reports any positive news about China. I guess some people choose to only believe one side of the story, ignorance is bliss.

Regardless of what you think, 1.4 billion Chinese get by just fine everyday.

It's worse in the US, because the real sick part is they don't tell you. At least in Russia and China you know you're getting screwed.

I hear all kinds of news about China that isn't bad, on NPR's "western media".

I find it amusing you knock Western media for supposedly filtering what American's see about China, in a thread about China doing it. Irony?

I suppose you would fine with America blocking off its Internet to material that only the US government deems worthy? Yea....I doubt it.

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mbudden

· #13 · Oct 13, 2011

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I hear all kinds of news about China that isn't bad, on NPR's "western media".

I find it amusing you knock Western media for supposedly filtering what American's see about China, in a thread about China doing it. Irony?

I suppose you would fine with America blocking off its Internet to material that only the US government deems worthy? Yea....I doubt it.

Shame on you if you don't think NPR isn't infiltrated by corporations.
Maybe you take a second look at NPR.

Compromised news media at it's best.

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Birdy1337

· #14 · Oct 13, 2011

This doesn't surprise me one bit. China seems to block alot of things. Filtered through so much and limited to the internet.

kikkO

Discussion Starter · #15 · Oct 14, 2011

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I suppose you would fine with America blocking off its Internet to material that only the US government deems worthy? Yea....I doubt it.

How do you know the blocking isn't already in effect? You think the government is going to send letters to every household and tell you, "oh hey you're being blocked from visiting certain sites, just thought you should know -Government". Like I said, in America they don't tell you you're being screwed, until it's too late.

If you ever get the chance go travel the world, go see and live in other countries, until then you'll never know how limited American freedom really is.

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kennh

· #16 · Oct 14, 2011

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What?

China needs to stop messing with foreign companies to favour their own.

I hope one day the EU and US blocks alot of chinese products in their market to give them a lesson.

It actually goes the other way around. If China stopped exporting products, then the US and the EU are pretty much screwed for cheap labour. It's much easier to pay a person $5 a day for 12 hours of work than to pay another person $10 an hour for 8 hours.
Look around your house and see how many products are made in China. The PCI slots on all of your motherboard are made from China

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RonindeBeatrice

· #17 · Oct 14, 2011

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What?

China needs to stop messing with foreign companies to favour their own.

I hope one day the EU and US blocks alot of chinese products in their market to give them a lesson.

... and the world economy collapses.

That'll teach 'em.

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AK-47

· #18 · Oct 14, 2011

so can't they just use amazon?

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· #19 · Oct 14, 2011

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Cheaper, but also potentially toxic and lead to infertility. I'm Chinese (born American), and I would never eat, drink, or put anything Chinese into my system. Too many stories about laced milk powder, toxic soft drinks, lacking or non-existent product regulations, etc etc.

Can I have your rig?

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Amphibian

· #20 · Oct 14, 2011

A lot of the comments on the thread are political. Cheap labor, Relationships between corporations and governments, media, and product quality control are political conversations that do not belong on the thread.

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