Reuters reports (Dec. 20) Amazon.com (Amazon.com), a book business website. Closing comments criticizing the Chinese government including silent criticism of President Xi Jinping’s book.
The news report said about two years ago President Xi Jinping’s book “The Governance of China” (Thai translation, titled “Xi Jinping, National Strategy”) on Amazon.cn website, ratings, opinions and negative reviews are blocked. in response to an order from Beijing
Reviews of books, speeches and writings of Xi Jinping It is blocked only on the Chinese site of Amazon, while customer reviews are still five-star high among 74% of all reviewers.
According to an internal brief cited by Reuters, in 2018 Amazon received “a request from the watchdog (China) to remove some content. Most of them contain politically sensitive content.”
An Amazon spokesperson told Bloomberg News that the company must “comply with the laws and regulations of every country in which it operates. No matter where we operate And China is no exception.”
The same experience It is in line with Apple Inc., which is increasingly aligned with Beijing. In the past few years, Apple
Amazon wants to continue doing business in the world’s most populous country. The Kindle operations and cloud computing still have room to grow.
Rebecca Fannin, author of Silicon Dragons, believes Apple will have to fight to stay in China. Being one of the market leaders in China … many people do not see the need to withdraw from China to resolve these issues anytime soon.
What we don’t know is the conversation that took place behind closed doors between Apple and the Chinese authorities. What is now?
Apple rarely commented on these stories. and pointed out journalists to their human rights policies. which states that it will comply with the laws of the country in which it operates even if they disagree
and in china Apple did that
When the official wants to remove any app from Apple’s mobile phone That app will be deleted. The question is, how many rules are there now? How much compliance and censorship? too much?
the presence of In the country now it feels like a hangover from another era. Other tech giants almost no longer exist in China.
Likewise, a review of President Xi Jinping’s book “The Governance of China”. Blocked on one of Amazon.com’s Chinese site, Amazon.com received 74% five-star reviews.
Other US companies such as Yahoo! In contrast, and Microsoft Corp.’s LinkedIn has left the Chinese market this year. It cited the increasingly challenging business and legal environment in the country.
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