Google's Expansion Into China

This essay is in regards to Google’s expansion into China. Google recognized the potential boost in the profits if they established their search engine into the Chinese market, which has over a billion potential users. In hind sight, I do not believe the company and its leadership truly understood what it would take to establish it’s self in China. It is my belief that Google believed that they could bulldoze their way into the Chinese market and takeover in that country. If they had conducted their research with extreme detail, they would have realized how much the influence the government has with respect to private sector business with their own citizens but even more so with the foreign companies that are trying to establish themselves …show more content…
In the Chinese legal system, the court makes decisions or rulings based on laws or codes that were created specifically so there would not be any need for interpretation. Their legal system does not allow for what we call in the United States a fair and judicious trail, they look at the crime committed with no sort of deviation. The courts are basically there to issue a ruling on the crime. There is not much flexibility or interpretation on the law, when a crime is committed the defendant will usually be found …show more content…
In a command economy, the government owns most if not all of the resources in the country. Their goal is to create an economy which they can control. In a market economy, individual or companies own most of the resources. Their goal is to create a fair market where the consumer is king and the best company stays alive. In a mixed economy, both the government and individuals/companies owns almost equal portions of the resources. The goal is to create a balance economy where there are checks and balances and everyone pays their fair share.
China’s economic system is a command system. China owns the majority of the resources in the country along with half or more of the shares in the large local companies. They also own or manage the majority of the small businesses that support both the local and foreign companies. The steer the economy in the direction they chose, by manipulating the