Peak Google. China rising edition.
The closest I've been to China has been a few multi-week trips to Hong Kong, which is China by fiat. So I'm no expert. Still, I think this Amazon China commercial strikes all the right chords.
Deleriously happy Chinese -- getting, acquiring, consuming. They are the middle class, with all the honors and privileges, and stuff, therein. Any wonder Apple can't make product fast enough for the region?
Secondly, and I've documented this so many times but I'll repeat myself, I'm still googling every statement or post made by Google to find just one that wasn't *completely fucking duplicitous*.
Now back to China.
I have told you many times that Google's business model is *predicated* on its continued control, ownership and tollway management of the global Internet. In all its forms. This is why no amount of money is too much to spend taking out Apple and Microsoft -- which have consumed a *minimum* of $20 billion by my count, with almost zero return. The return is less important, it's limiting and possibly destroying Microsoft and Apple that is of utmost importance to Google. Likewise, no matter what it takes, Google will spend it to ensure Facebook cannot survive, and that Twitter cannot make a buck. Nor Yelp, nor Groupon, nor anyone else that *might* get between you and data/content/information that Google could place a Google Ad next to.
But what of China?
Despite what Google has told you about not donig business in China because of restrictions, know that it's bullshit. One of the *primary* reasons for buying Motorola was to use it to get back into China. Same with the purchase of Android.
Same with this, the Creative Sandbox, a official Google event, in mainland China, to show off how great Google is.
Can't have a billion fucking people on the Internet *not* using Google now, can we?