Beijing Deals Death Blow to Facebook China Plan – Source 中国宣判Facebook入华计划“死刑”–消息人士
Beijing must really be worried about Facebook coming to China. As you may recall, Chinese media were buzzing a few weeks ago that the global social networking giant was quietly talking to a Chinese partner about a joint venture (previous post), with some saying that partner was none other than search leader Baidu (Nasdaq: BIDU). According to one of my industry sources, Beijing, after confirming the situation, has taken the unusual step of giving Facebook three conditions which will quite simply put the brakes on any China plans it may have. The first two conditions may be less-than-ideal but still acceptable, calling on Facebook to only enter China via a true joint venture with a local partner and to locate all of that venture’s servers in China, within easy reach of local censors. But the third condition, and the real deal breaker, would call on Facebook to make any new site it sets up in Chna open to government scrutiny at all times – an unusual step even for even China. If my source is correct, and I believe he is, Facebook’s latest bid to scale the Great Firewall could be dead already, leaving the field to domestic leaders Renren (NYSE: RENN) and Kaixin.
Bottom line: China has become even bolder and more direct than before in its determination to keep global Internet giants from operating directly in its market.
中国政府一定是确实非常担心Facebook入华。你可能还记得，仅仅几周前，中国媒体还大肆报导这家全球社交网站巨擘正悄悄与一家中国公司洽谈成立合资企 业事宜，还有报导称，这家中国公司正是本土搜索巨头百度<BIDU.O>。据我的一名业内消息人士称，北京在确认了这一情况後，已采取不同寻 常的步骤，向Facebook提出三个入华运营条件，而这些苛刻条件意味着Facebook的任何中国计划都将戛然而止。 前两个条件虽然不太理想但仍算可以接受，即要求Facebook必须与当地合作夥伴成立真正的合资企业，并将该合资企业的所有服务器设在中国，以便于国内 网络审查。但真正让合作没得可谈的是第三个条件：Facebook在华创建的任何新网站都要随时接受中国政府的审查–这甚至对中国来说，也是罕见的举 措。如果我得到的消息属实，而且我也相信这是真的，那麽Facebook试图爬过”防火长城”（Great Firewall）的最新一搏可能已告失败，市场空间将留给中国本土企业人人网和开心网。
一句话：在决心阻止全球网络巨头在华直接运营方面，中国的举措正变得比以往更加大胆和直接。
Related postings 相关文章:
◙ Facebook’s China Tie Up: No Big Deal Facebook能否入华？
◙ Snaptu: Facebook’s China Back Door? Facebook在中国走“後门”？
◙ Renren Debut: Let the Volatility Begin 人人网首秀纽约：从此“动”起来？
