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A Heated Debate at the Top
BY JESSICA E. VASCELLARO
Google Inc.'s startling threat to withdraw from China was an intensely personal decision, drawing its celebrated founders and other top executives into a debate over the right way to confront the issues of censorship and cyber security.
Google's very public response to what it called a "highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China" was crafted over a period of weeks, with heavy involvement from Google's co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
For the two men, China has always been a sensitive topic. Mr. Brin has long confided in friends and Google colleagues of his ambivalence ...
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I am completely impressed that Google founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, were the people that pushed for pulling out of China. Sergey, it looks like, has always been uncomfortable with the situation ("First, do no evil") and finally they decided to pull out. Though they are no longer the executives, they are still very much the face and the leadership of the company. Leadership matters... a lot.
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