Market Power

China’s success in pressure Google into censuring their search proves that they have fully learnt the truth of the capitalist global market: the mightiest weapon is not the size of your nuclear arsenal but the size of your market. For decades, the success of the U.S.’s trade embargo of Cube relied on the threat of denying to offenders access to U.S. market. China is doing precisely that, not just to Google, but also to everyone, including foreign governments. As the Chinese economy continues to grow, the power of their market will increase. As they use the power if their market, the more it becomes reality that they have join the world economy and play like everyone else.