Bill Gates, the billionaire founder of Microsoft, took the rare step of standing up for arch-rival Google today as he argued that state censorship was no reason for technology companies not to do business in China.
The richest man in the world told delegates at the World Economic Forum in Davos that he thought the internet “is contributing to Chinese political engagement” as “access to the outside world is preventing more censorship”.
Gates defends China’s internet restrictions – Times
Posted by Xiao Qiang | Jan 27, 2006
Categories : China & the World,Human Rights,Information Revolution,Politics,Sci-Tech
Tags :Bill Gates,foreign IT companies,Internet control,Microsoft
