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Re:Google's censored Chinese search engine: a catalogue of e... by seanmcdirmid on Monday August 13, 2018 @01:15AM (#17748140)
I don't think you really get how Chinese businesses operate. Tech businesses, as long as they are Chinese, operate under an assumption of semi-impunity as long as they don't cross political boundaries. So healthcare fraud is in bounds, and if they get caught, they'll just get a slap on the wrist. Its not like the government condones the fraud, more like they don't care as long as it doesn't result in social instability.

Real estate firms and other industries like taxi groups are more likely to be directly controlled by princelings, so those are something else altogether. The government has a direct channel into these industries, because they are basically like a state-controlled mafia.

Re:Google's censored Chinese search engine: a catalogue of e... by mirimir on Monday August 13, 2018 @12:14PM (#17751182)
> Tech businesses, as long as they are Chinese, operate under an assumption of semi-impunity as long as they don't cross political boundaries. So healthcare fraud is in bounds, and if they get caught, they'll just get a slap on the wrist.

Wait. So are you arguing that Chinese tech businesses are under state control, or that they aren't? Your examples point to a horrible compromise: political censorship with freedom to defraud the public.

Re:Google's censored Chinese search engine: a catalogue of e... by seanmcdirmid on Monday August 13, 2018 @12:41PM (#17751415)
They are under state control so much as they are subject to state regulation and law and pressure. At the same time they are controlled they are also really free.

Ya, and it does suck for consumers.