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		plinkplonk on Jan 13, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: State Department Makes Statement on Google Operati... "If China decides to bear a grudge, things could get very nasty for them." How? Once Google moves out of China what can the Chinese government do to them?

mattmanser on Jan 13, 2010 [–]

Attack them daily

aristus on Jan 13, 2010 | | [–]

That would be tantamount to a blockade of shipping lines, ie an act of war. They are certainly able to do it, but I don't think that right now they will.

Locke1689 on Jan 13, 2010 | | [–]

Couldn't they just remove access to all Google sites from the entire Chinese IP range? That should help greatly.

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