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China Displays Clout at Internet Conference But Some Doubts
Remain

December 12, 2017 5:12 AM

Saibal Dasgupta
12 December 2017

BEIJING - China made an impressive display of its clout in the
digital economy d
<DATA 248 BAB1>{5BD7:2}uring a three-day internet conference in Beijing
last week by pulling together the participation of U.N. agencies,
the World Telecom Union and CEOs of major US based IT companies
like Google, Apple and Cisco System.

The conference sta
<DATA 248 8576>{5BD7:3}rted with a message from Chinese president Xi
Jinping who said, "China would never close its doors. They will
only be open wider and wider going forward."

But at the same time, Xi and Wang Huning, one of the ruling
Communist Party's s
<DATA 248 FA21>{5BD7:4}even most powerful men, emphasized the need
for "cyber sovereignty," which allows individual countries to
establish cyber boundaries to protect their respective sovereign
interests.

Xi said that besides benefits, "the internet has als
<DATA 248 82AC>{5BD7:5}o brought
many new challenges to the sovereignty, security and development
interests of nations across the world."

The Cyber Administration of China, which organized the World
Internet Conference in Wuzhen city, was trying to obtain p
<DATA 248 041E>{5BD7:6}ublic
confirmation about its Internet policies. This was also the first
time the annual conference, which started in 2014, had attracted
a high-profile attendance from heads of major international
companies and agencies.

Analysts are
<DATA 248 6379>{5BD7:7} skeptical the conference helped to boost China's
quest to influence rulemaking in the digital world. Many have
noted that none of the foreign speakers specifically referred to
Internet controls in China, which include bans on U.S. based
<DATA 248 4822>{5BD7:8}
services like Google, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

"I certainly don't see (this) as China's role as a rule setting
has expanded. The regulatory bodies and standards actually
usually doesn't apply to China," Jacob Cooke, CEO of cons
<DATA 248 EACC>{5BD7:9}ulting
firm, Web Presence in China told VOA. "There is actually a
noticeable lack of Chinese presence... . And, likewise here there
is no international presence in terms of regulatory body or rules
and regulations."

Apple's challeng
<DATA 249 6B26>{5BD7:10}e

Apple recently removed hundreds of apps from its app store in
China to adhere to the Chinese great firewall of censorship.
Apple CEO Tim Cook did not mention that at the conference but
said Apple shared the same vision with China on
<DATA 249 92B8>{5BD7:11} open Internet.

"The theme of this conference - developing a digital economy for
openness and shared benefits - is a vision we at Apple share," Cook
said adding, "We are proud to have worked alongside many of our
partners in China to
<DATA 249 F998>{5BD7:12}help build a community that will join a
common future in cyberspace."

But in the wake of Apple's decisions to remove APPS and similar
moves, questions have surfaced about whether American CEOs are
indirectly endorsing China's censorsh
<DATA 249 51BD>{5BD7:13}ip methods in their
eagerness to obtain a larger slice of the country's lucrative
market.

Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy specifically targeted the Apple
chief for failing to promote freedom of expression. "Apple is
clearly a force
<DATA 249 7D57>{5BD7:14}for good in China, but I also believe it and
other tech companies must continue to push back on Chinese
suppression of free expression," Leahy said.

Cook responded with a statement saying, "Each country in the
world decides their laws
<DATA 249 A06B>{5BD7:15} and their regulations, and so your
choice is do you participate or stand on the sideline and yell at
how things should be.... And my own view, very strongly, is that
you show up and you participate, you go in the arena. Because
nothing
<DATA 249 E854>{5BD7:16} changes from sideline."

Cooke of Web Presence in China agrees, adding that such questions
are not Apple's responsibility.

"If you want do to business in a country you got to obey rules
and laws of that country. That's with any busi
<DATA 249 B45C>{5BD7:17}ness. I mean it is
not up to you to criticize or change the laws that serve the
politicians," Cooke said.

Robert Elliot Kahn, regarded by many as father of the Internet
for co-inventing Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Internet
<DATA 249 10CC>{5BD7:18}
Protocol (IP) views the controversy over China's internet
restrictions in a somewhat different light.

"Governments are going to impose their own rules and regulations;
that's the way the world works," he told VOA on the sidelines of
<DATA 249 A99C>{5BD7:19}
the conference. "But if we can make it easier for people to build
better products and services, to get more services to the public
and is supported by people and governments around the world, I
think that's progress for humanity."

Se
<DATA 249 6E59>{5BD7:20}eking business

It was apparent from the meeting that western businessmen,
including Cook and Google CEO Sudar Pichai, were doing what they
can to expand in the Chinese market. Although Google's browser
and Gmail is banned in China and
<DATA 249 CB99>{5BD7:21} the company left China more than
seven years ago, Bloomberg recently reported that the company was
making a comeback investing artificial intelligence.

"A lot of work Google does is to help Chinese companies. Many
small and medium-si
<DATA 249 B779>{5BD7:22}zed businesses in China take advantage of
Google to get their products to many other countries outside of
China," Pichai said.

Cook pointed out that Apple's app store has helped give China's
1.8 million developers total earnings worth
<DATA 249 D400>{5BD7:23} $16.9 billion, which
is the highest earned by developers in any country.

In a quote widely used in state media Cook said, "many people see
China as a big market, but for us the main attraction is the
quality of the people."

But in
<DATA 249 EEC6>{5BD7:24} the end, analysts note that China's influence remains
limited to the extent of the market it can offer to foreign
companies and this is limited by the fact that several giant
Chinese companies are jostling to fill every inch of the spac
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China Displays Clout at Internet Conference But Some Doubts
Remain

December 12, 2017 5:12 AM

Saibal Dasgupta
12 December 2017

BEIJING - China made an impressive display of its clout in the
digital economy d
<DATA 248 BAB1>{5BD7:2}uring a three-day internet conference in Beijing
last week by pulling together the participation of U.N. agencies,
the World Telecom Union and CEOs of major US based IT companies
like Google, Apple and Cisco System.

The conference sta
<DATA 248 8576>{5BD7:3}rted with a message from Chinese president Xi
Jinping who said, "China would never close its doors. They will
only be open wider and wider going forward."

But at the same time, Xi and Wang Huning, one of the ruling
Communist Party's s
<DATA 248 FA21>{5BD7:4}even most powerful men, emphasized the need
for "cyber sovereignty," which allows individual countries to
establish cyber boundaries to protect their respective sovereign
interests.

Xi said that besides benefits, "the internet has als
<DATA 248 82AC>{5BD7:5}o brought
many new challenges to the sovereignty, security and development
interests of nations across the world."

The Cyber Administration of China, which organized the World
Internet Conference in Wuzhen city, was trying to obtain p
<DATA 248 041E>{5BD7:6}ublic
confirmation about its Internet policies. This was also the first
time the annual conference, which started in 2014, had attracted
a high-profile attendance from heads of major international
companies and agencies.

Analysts are
<DATA 248 6379>{5BD7:7} skeptical the conference helped to boost China's
quest to influence rulemaking in the digital world. Many have
noted that none of the foreign speakers specifically referred to
Internet controls in China, which include bans on U.S. based
<DATA 248 4822>{5BD7:8}
services like Google, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

"I certainly don't see (this) as China's role as a rule setting
has expanded. The regulatory bodies and standards actually
usually doesn't apply to China," Jacob Cooke, CEO of cons
<DATA 248 EACC>{5BD7:9}ulting
firm, Web Presence in China told VOA. "There is actually a
noticeable lack of Chinese presence... . And, likewise here there
is no international presence in terms of regulatory body or rules
and regulations."

Apple's challeng
<DATA 249 6B26>{5BD7:10}e

Apple recently removed hundreds of apps from its app store in
China to adhere to the Chinese great firewall of censorship.
Apple CEO Tim Cook did not mention that at the conference but
said Apple shared the same vision with China on
<DATA 249 92B8>{5BD7:11} open Internet.

"The theme of this conference - developing a digital economy for
openness and shared benefits - is a vision we at Apple share," Cook
said adding, "We are proud to have worked alongside many of our
partners in China to
<DATA 249 F998>{5BD7:12}help build a community that will join a
common future in cyberspace."

But in the wake of Apple's decisions to remove APPS and similar
moves, questions have surfaced about whether American CEOs are
indirectly endorsing China's censorsh
<DATA 249 51BD>{5BD7:13}ip methods in their
eagerness to obtain a larger slice of the country's lucrative
market.

Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy specifically targeted the Apple
chief for failing to promote freedom of expression. "Apple is
clearly a force
<DATA 249 7D57>{5BD7:14}for good in China, but I also believe it and
other tech companies must continue to push back on Chinese
suppression of free expression," Leahy said.

Cook responded with a statement saying, "Each country in the
world decides their laws
<DATA 249 A06B>{5BD7:15} and their regulations, and so your
choice is do you participate or stand on the sideline and yell at
how things should be.... And my own view, very strongly, is that
you show up and you participate, you go in the arena. Because
nothing
<DATA 249 E854>{5BD7:16} changes from sideline."

Cooke of Web Presence in China agrees, adding that such questions
are not Apple's responsibility.

"If you want do to business in a country you got to obey rules
and laws of that country. That's with any busi
<DATA 249 B45C>{5BD7:17}ness. I mean it is
not up to you to criticize or change the laws that serve the
politicians," Cooke said.

Robert Elliot Kahn, regarded by many as father of the Internet
for co-inventing Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Internet
<DATA 249 10CC>{5BD7:18}
Protocol (IP) views the controversy over China's internet
restrictions in a somewhat different light.

"Governments are going to impose their own rules and regulations;
that's the way the world works," he told VOA on the sidelines of
<DATA 249 A99C>{5BD7:19}
the conference. "But if we can make it easier for people to build
better products and services, to get more services to the public
and is supported by people and governments around the world, I
think that's progress for humanity."

Se
<DATA 249 6E59>{5BD7:20}eking business

It was apparent from the meeting that western businessmen,
including Cook and Google CEO Sudar Pichai, were doing what they
can to expand in the Chinese market. Although Google's browser
and Gmail is banned in China and
<DATA 249 CB99>{5BD7:21} the company left China more than
seven years ago, Bloomberg recently reported that the company was
making a comeback investing artificial intelligence.

"A lot of work Google does is to help Chinese companies. Many
small and medium-si
<DATA 249 B779>{5BD7:22}zed businesses in China take advantage of
Google to get their products to many other countries outside of
China," Pichai said.

Cook pointed out that Apple's app store has helped give China's
1.8 million developers total earnings worth
<DATA 249 D400>{5BD7:23} $16.9 billion, which
is the highest earned by developers in any country.

In a quote widely used in state media Cook said, "many people see
China as a big market, but for us the main attraction is the
quality of the people."

But in
<DATA 249 EEC6>{5BD7:24} the end, analysts note that China's influence remains
limited to the extent of the market it can offer to foreign
companies and this is limited by the fact that several giant
Chinese companies are jostling to fill every inch of the spac
<DATA 116 55DD>{5BD7:25}e.

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VOA NEWS

China Displays Clout at Internet Conference But Some Doubts
Remain

December 12, 2017 5:12 AM

Saibal Dasgupta
12 December 2017

BEIJING - China made an impressive display of its clout in the
digital economy d
<DATA 248 BAB1>{5BD7:2}uring a three-day internet conference in Beijing
last week by pulling together the participation of U.N. agencies,
the World Telecom Union and CEOs of major US based IT companies
like Google, Apple and Cisco System.

The conference sta
<DATA 248 8576>{5BD7:3}rted with a message from Chinese president Xi
Jinping who said, "China would never close its doors. They will
only be open wider and wider going forward."

But at the same time, Xi and Wang Huning, one of the ruling
Communist Party's s
<DATA 248 FA21>{5BD7:4}even most powerful men, emphasized the need
for "cyber sovereignty," which allows individual countries to
establish cyber boundaries to protect their respective sovereign
interests.

Xi said that besides benefits, "the internet has als
<DATA 248 82AC>{5BD7:5}o brought
many new challenges to the sovereignty, security and development
interests of nations across the world."

The Cyber Administration of China, which organized the World
Internet Conference in Wuzhen city, was trying to obtain p
<DATA 248 041E>{5BD7:6}ublic
confirmation about its Internet policies. This was also the first
time the annual conference, which started in 2014, had attracted
a high-profile attendance from heads of major international
companies and agencies.

Analysts are
<DATA 248 6379>{5BD7:7} skeptical the conference helped to boost China's
quest to influence rulemaking in the digital world. Many have
noted that none of the foreign speakers specifically referred to
Internet controls in China, which include bans on U.S. based
<DATA 248 4822>{5BD7:8}
services like Google, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

"I certainly don't see (this) as China's role as a rule setting
has expanded. The regulatory bodies and standards actually
usually doesn't apply to China," Jacob Cooke, CEO of cons
<DATA 248 EACC>{5BD7:9}ulting
firm, Web Presence in China told VOA. "There is actually a
noticeable lack of Chinese presence... . And, likewise here there
is no international presence in terms of regulatory body or rules
and regulations."

Apple's challeng
<DATA 249 6B26>{5BD7:10}e

Apple recently removed hundreds of apps from its app store in
China to adhere to the Chinese great firewall of censorship.
Apple CEO Tim Cook did not mention that at the conference but
said Apple shared the same vision with China on
<DATA 249 92B8>{5BD7:11} open Internet.

"The theme of this conference - developing a digital economy for
openness and shared benefits - is a vision we at Apple share," Cook
said adding, "We are proud to have worked alongside many of our
partners in China to
<DATA 249 F998>{5BD7:12}help build a community that will join a
common future in cyberspace."

But in the wake of Apple's decisions to remove APPS and similar
moves, questions have surfaced about whether American CEOs are
indirectly endorsing China's censorsh
<DATA 249 51BD>{5BD7:13}ip methods in their
eagerness to obtain a larger slice of the country's lucrative
market.

Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy specifically targeted the Apple
ƒ1uGor failing to promote freedom of expression. "Apple is
clearly a force
<DATA 249 7D57>{5BD7:14}for good in China, but I also believe it and
other tech companies must continue to push back on Chinese
suppression of free expression," Leahy said.

Cook responded with a statement saying, "Each country in the
world decides their laws
<DATA 249 A06B>{5BD7:15} and their regulations, and so your
choice is do you participate or stand on the sideline and yell at
how things should be.... And my own view, very strongly, is that
you show up and you participate, you go in the arena. Because
nothing
<DATA 249 E854>{5BD7:16} changes from sideline."

Cooke of Web Presence in China agrees, adding that such questions
are not Apple's responsibility.

"If you want do to business in a country you got to obey rules
and laws of that country. That's with any busi
<DATA 249 B45C>{5BD7:17}ness. I mean it is
not up to you to criticize or change the laws that serve the
politicians," Cooke said.

Robert Elliot Kahn, regarded by many as father of the Internet
for co-inventing Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Internet
<DATA 249 10CC>{5BD7:18}
Protocol (IP) views the controversy over China's internet
restrictions in a somewhat different light.

"Governments are going to impose their own rules and regulations;
that's the way the world works," he told VOA on the sidelines of
<DATA 249 A99C>{5BD7:19}
the conference. "But if we can make it easier for people to build
better products and services, to get more services to the public
and is supported by people and governments around the world, I
think that's progress for humanity."

Se
<DATA 249 6E59>{5BD7:20}eking business

It was apparent from the meeting that western businessmen,
including Cook and Google CEO Sudar Pichai, were doing what they
can to expand in the Chinese market. Although Google's browser
and Gmail is banned in China and
<DATA 249 CB99>{5BD7:21} the company left China more than
seven years ago, Bloomberg recently reported that the company was
making a comeback investing artificial intelligence.

"A lot of work Google does is to help Chinese companies. Many
small and medium-si
<DATA 249 B779>{5BD7:22}zed businesses in China take advantage of
Google to get their products to many other countries outside of
China," Pichai said.

Cook pointed out that Apple's app store has helped give China's
1.8 million developers total earnings worth
<DATA 249 D400>{5BD7:23} $16.9 billion, which
is the highest earned by developers in any country.

In a quote widely used in state media Cook said, "many people see
China as a big market, but for us the main attraction is the
quality of the people."

But in
<DATA 249 EEC6>{5BD7:24} the end, analysts note that China's influence remains
limited to the extent of the market it can offer to foreign
companies and this is limited by the fact that several giant
Chinese companies are jostling to fill every inch of the spac
<DATA 116 55DD>{5BD7:25}e.

https://www.voanews.com/a/china-internet-conference-brings-tech-companies-together/4160056.html

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VOA NEWS

China Displays Clout at Internet Conference But Some Doubts
Remain

December 12, 2017 5:12 AM

Saibal Dasgupta
12 December 2017

BEIJING - China made an impressive display of its clout in the
digital economy d
<DATA 248 BAB1>{5BD7:2}uring a three-day internet conference in Beijing
last week by pulling together the participation of U.N. agencies,
the World Telecom Union and CEOs of major US based IT companies
like Google, Apple and Cisco System.

The conference sta
<DATA 248 8576>{5BD7:3}rted with a message from Chinese president Xi
Jinping who said, "China would never close its doors. They will
only be open wider and wider going forward."

But at the same time, Xi and Wang Huning, one of the ruling
Communist Party's s
<DATA 248 FA21>{5BD7:4}even most powerful men, emphasized the need
for "cyber sovereignty," which allows individual countries to
establish cyber boundaries to protect their respective sovereign
interests.

Xi said that besides benefits, "the internet has als
<DATA 248 82AC>{5BD7:5}o brought
many new challenges to the sovereignty, security and development
interests of nations across the world."

The Cyber Administration of China, which organized the World
Internet Conference in Wuzhen city, was trying to obtain p
<DATA 248 041E>{5BD7:6}ublic
confirmation about its Internet policies. This was also the first
time the annual conference, which started in 2014, had attracted
a high-profile attendance from heads of major international
companies and agencies.

Analysts are
<DATA 248 6379>{5BD7:7} skeptical the conference helped to boost China's
quest to influence rulemaking in the digital world. Many have
noted that none of the foreign speakers specifically referred to
Internet controls in China, which include bans on U.S. based
<DATA 248 4822>{5BD7:8}
services like Google, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

"I certainly don't see (this) as China's role as a rule setting
has expanded. The regulatory bodies and standards actually
usually doesn't apply to China," Jacob Cooke, CEO of cons
<DATA 248 EACC>{5BD7:9}ulting
firm, Web Presence in China told VOA. "There is actually a
noticeable lack of Chinese presence... . And, likewise here there
is no international presence in terms of regulatory body or rules
and regulations."

Apple's challeng
<DATA 249 6B26>{5BD7:10}e

Apple recently removed hundreds of apps from its app store in
China to adhere to the Chinese great firewall of censorship.
Apple CEO Tim Cook did not mention that at the conference but
said Apple shared the same vision with China on
<DATA 249 92B8>{5BD7:11} open Internet.

"The theme of this conference - developing a digital economy for
openness and shared benefits - is a vision we at Apple share," Cook
said adding, "We are proud to have worked alongside many of our
partners in China to
<DATA 249 F998>{5BD7:12}help build a community that will join a
common future in cyberspace."

But in the wake of Apple's decisions to remove APPS and similar
moves, questions have surfaced about whether American CEOs are
indirectly endorsing China's censorsh
<DATA 249 51BD>{5BD7:13}ip methods in their
eagerness to obtain a larger slice of the country's lucrative
market.

Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy specifically targeted the Apple
chief for failing to promote freedom of expression. "Apple is
clearly a force
<DATA 249 7D57>{5BD7:14}for good in China, but I also believe it and
other tech companies must continue to push back on Chinese
suppression of free expression," Leahy said.

Cook responded with a statement saying, "Each country in the
world decides their laws
<DATA 249 A06B>{5BD7:15} and their regulations, and so your
choice is do you participate or stand on the sideline and yell at
how things should be.... And my own view, very strongly, is that
you show up and you participate, you go in the arena. Because
nothing
<DATA 249 E854>{5BD7:16} changes from sideline."

Cooke of Web Presence in China agrees, adding that such questions
are not Apple's responsibility.

"If you want do to business in a country you got to obey rules
and laws of that country. That's with any busi
<DATA 249 B45C>{5BD7:17}ness. I mean it is
not up to you to criticize or change the laws that serve the
politicians," Cooke said.

Robert Elliot Kahn, regarded by many as father of the Internet
for co-inventing Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Internet
<DATA 249 10CC>{5BD7:18}
Protocol (IP) views the controversy over China's internet
restrictions in a somewhat different light.

"Governments are going to impose their own rules and regulations;
that's the way the world works," he told VOA on the sidelines of
<DATA 249 A99C>{5BD7:19}
the conference. "But if we can make it easier for people to build
better products and services, to get more services to the public
and is supported by people and governments around the world, I
think that's progress for humanity."

Se
<DATA 249 6E59>{5BD7:20}eking business

It was apparent from the meeting that western businessmen,
including Cook and Google CEO Sudar Pichai, were doing what they
can to expand in the Chinese market. Although Google's browser
and Gmail is banned in China and
<DATA 249 CB99>{5BD7:21} the company left China more than
seven years ago, Bloomberg recently reported that the company was
making a comeback investing artificial intelligence.

"A lot of work Google does is to help Chinese companies. Many
small and medium-si
<DATA 249 B779>{5BD7:22}zed businesses in China take advantage of
Google to get their products to many other countries outside of
China," Pichai said.

Cook pointed out that Apple's app store has helped give China's
1.8 million developers total earnings worth
<DATA 249 D400>{5BD7:23} $16.9 billion, which
is the highest earned by developers in any country.

In a quote widely used in state media Cook said, "many people see
China as a big market, but for us the main attraction is the
quality of the people."

But in
<DATA 249 EEC6>{5BD7:24} the end, analysts note that China's influence remains
limited to the extent of the market it can offer to foreign
companies and this is limited by the fact that several giant
Chinese companies are jostling to fill every inch of the spac
<DATA 116 55DD>{5BD7:25}e.

https://www.voanews.com/a/china-internet-conference-brings-tech-companies-together/4160056.html

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VOA NEWS

China Displays Clout at Internet Conference But Some Doubts
Remain

December 12, 2017 5:12 AM

Saibal Dasgupta
12 December 2017

BEIJING - China made an impressive display of its clout in the
digital economy during a three-day internet conference in Beijing
last week by pulling together the participation of U.N. agencies,
the World Telecom Union and CEOs of major US based IT companies
like Google, Apple and Cisco System.

The conference started with a message from Chinese president Xi
Jinping who said, "China would never close its doors. They will
only be open wider and wider going forward."

But at the same time, Xi and Wang Huning, one of the ruling
Communist Party's seven most powerful men, emphasized the need
for "cyber sovereignty," which allows individual countries to
establish cyber boundaries to protect their respective sovereign
interests.

Xi said that besides benefits, "the internet has also brought
many new challenges to the sovereignty, security and development
interests of nations across the world."

The Cyber Administration of China, which organized the World
Internet Conference in Wuzhen city, was trying to obtain public
confirmation about its Internet policies. This was also the first
time the annual conference, which started in 2014, had attracted
a high-profile attendance from heads of major international
companies and agencies.

Analysts are skeptical the conference helped to boost China's
quest to influence rulemaking in the digital world. Many have
noted that none of the foreign speakers specifically referred to
Internet controls in China, which include bans on U.S. based
services like Google, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

"I certainly don't see (this) as China's role as a rule setting
has expanded. The regulatory bodies and standards actually
usually doesn't apply to China," Jacob Cooke, CEO of consulting
firm, Web Presence in China told VOA. "There is actually a
noticeable lack of Chinese presence... . And, likewise here there
is no international presence in terms of regulatory body or rules
and regulations."

Apple's challenge

Apple recently removed hundreds of apps from its app store in
China to adhere to the Chinese great firewall of censorship.
Apple CEO Tim Cook did not mention that at the conference but
said Apple shared the same vision with China on open Internet.

"The theme of this conference - developing a digital economy for
openness and shared benefits - is a vision we at Apple share," Cook
said adding, "We are proud to have worked alongside many of our
partners in China to help build a community that will join a
common future in cyberspace."

But in the wake of Apple's decisions to remove APPS and similar
moves, questions have surfaced about whether American CEOs are
indirectly endorsing China's censorship methods in their
eagerness to obtain a larger slice of the country's lucrative
market.

Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy specifically targeted the Apple
chief for failing to promote freedom of expression. "Apple is
clearly a force for good in China, but I also believe it and
other tech companies must continue to push back on Chinese
suppression of free expression," Leahy said.

Cook responded with a statement saying, "Each country in the
world decides their laws and their regulations, and so your
choice is do you participate or stand on the sideline and yell at
how things should be.... And my own view, very strongly, is that
you show up and you participate, you go in the arena. Because
nothing changes from sideline."

Cooke of Web Presence in China agrees, adding that such questions
are not Apple's responsibility.

"If you want do to business in a country you got to obey rules
and laws of that country. That's with any business. I mean it is
not up to you to criticize or change the laws that serve the
politicians," Cooke said.

Robert Elliot Kahn, regarded by many as father of the Internet
for co-inventing Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Internet
Protocol (IP) views the controversy over China's internet
restrictions in a somewhat different light.

"Governments are going to impose their own rules and regulations;
that's the way the world works," he told VOA on the sidelines of
the conference. "But if we can make it easier for people to build
better products and services, to get more services to the public
and is supported by people and governments around the world, I
think that's progress for humanity."

Seeking business

It was apparent from the meeting that western businessmen,
including Cook and Google CEO Sudar Pichai, were doing what they
can to expand in the Chinese market. Although Google's browser
and Gmail is banned in China and the company left China more than
seven years ago, Bloomberg recently reported that the company was
making a comeback investing artificial intelligence.

"A lot of work Google does is to help Chinese companies. Many
small and medium-sized businesses in China take advantage of
Google to get their products to many other countries outside of
China," Pichai said.

Cook pointed out that Apple's app store has helped give China's
1.8 million developers total earnings worth $16.9 billion, which
is the highest earned by developers in any country.

In a quote widely used in state media Cook said, "many people see
China as a big market, but for us the main attraction is the
quality of the people."

But in the end, analysts note that China's influence remains
limited to the extent of the market it can offer to foreign
companies and this is limited by the fact that several giant
Chinese companies are jostling to fill every inch of the space.

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