Earlier this month, Google created a huge commotion in the technology-world by announcing it was no longer interested in working with the Chinese government to censor search results. It also threatened that it would cease all operations in China after Chinese hackers breached Google accounts.
This seems definitely like a good time for Bing. Microsoft remained quiet for as long as it could, and then eventually announced it would continue operations in China.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer stated the company’s stand again in a post on The Microsoft Blog.
“We have done business in China for more than 20 years and we intend to stay engaged, which means our business must respect the laws of China. That’s true for every company doing business in countries around the world: we are all subject to local laws.”
This is not a surprise at all–if one of Microsoft’s biggest competitors has decided to leave a market, it is time to take advantage. Microsoft maintains that its systems were not hacked in the Chinese cyber-attacks on the 30 or so US companies.
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