Google in China Max Effgen, January 14, 2010 What it’s not willing to compromise is the security of the cloud, on which its entire business rests. ~ Nicholas Carr Carr is spot on, again. Check the full article here: Nicholas Carr: Rough Type UPDATE 1/17 Another fine read on the topic from Forbes. Different take. Google has been beat by Baidu. This incident put the issue over the top. Article here Forbes: Why Google Is Quitting China cloud reads cloudreads