Google in China?

in the early afternoon on Tuesday, the 28th of February 2006 by Chad

Who is responsible for this quote?

“They know there are differences between Chinese and Western cultures. They don’t want to do anything against the Chinese government,” she said.

It has to be google, with all the contraversy lately. But you’d be wrong. It is the Rolling Stones.

This time around, the band was ready to steer clear of trouble, a company employee told Reuters Tuesday.The Chinese Ministry of Culture told the band in 2003 it could not perform four songs — “Let’s Spend the Night Together,” “Brown Sugar,” “Honky Tonk Women” and “Beast of Burden.”

No reasons were given, but the songs are among the most sexually explicit of the Rolling Stone’s hits.

“This time, they also probably will not play those songs,” a company employee surnamed Gu told Reuters Tuesday.

Such feigned outrage about their superbowl “censorship” but wait, a chance to make big money in China? They’ll sing the Chinese national anthem while driving tanks around I’m sure. All the while decrying the US for its heavy handedness…