We launched Google.cn in January 2006 in the belief that the benefits of increased access to information for people in China and a more open Internet outweighed our discomfort in agreeing to censor some results. At the time we made clear that “we will carefully monitor conditions in China, including new laws and other restrictions on our services. If we determine that we are unable to achieve the objectives outlined we will not hesitate to reconsider our approach to China.”
These attacks and the surveillance they have uncovered–combined with the attempts over the past year to further limit free speech on the web–have led us to conclude that we should review the feasibility of our business operations in China. We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn, and so over the next few weeks we will be discussing with the Chinese government the basis on which we could operate an unfiltered search engine within the law, if at all. We recognize that this may well mean having to shut down Google.cn, and potentially our offices in China.
Time flies. It’s been 10 years since Google decided to shift Google.cn to Google HK and eventually quit doing business in China. Now people say that the rule Google didn’t want to comply with is about corporate process like partnership, certificates, and data center location, not of the censorship policy or the fact that it has been attacked. Who says that? Kaifu Li, the ex head of Google China.
資本之外，競爭激烈的出口製造業將低技能勞動力以在職培訓的形式，大規模轉化成為中高技能產業工人，提高了勞動力質量；在效率方面，隨着境外資本一起進入的，還有技術和管理。最後的結果，就是中國經濟以出口產業為着力點，引入了資本，改善了人力資源，還提高了生產效率，不僅僅成為全球最大出口國，在出口質量和全球價值鏈中的相對位置也逐步提高。
The classic example of working your way up from the bottom. What China economy has achieved is truly one of its kind. The advantage of Chinese factories has long upgraded from the cheap labor to an efficient supply eco-system
「內循環」本身並不是什麼新概念。如果梳理中國當代經濟發展歷史，就不難發現，幾乎每當外部需求出現問題時，中國就會出現「開拓國內市場」、「擴大/提振內需」、「出口轉內銷」一類的說法。最近的一次可能是在2008到2009年金融海嘯期間，中國政府提供了一系列措施（如幫助舉辦展銷會，延遲交税），幫助失去了訂單和海外市場的中國出口企業進行國內銷售。這顯然只是一種應急手段。此後隨着國際貿易的逐步恢復，「出口轉內銷」也就不再有人提起。
Basically it is a temporary way to leverage domestic consumer market to backfill the gap due to reduced export. It stirs up the appetite of domestic consumers, but won’t come with concrete policies to actually shuffle the economic structure.
五年前的今天，端傳媒在港島東一間面朝大海的辦公室邁出了第一步。我們希望用專業主義與開放、包容的敘事，打破世界的藩籬，搭建連結和對話，並圍繞真正的問題展開思辨。五年後的今天，我們依舊前進在這條路上。 […] 媒體的使命之一，就是做一個「不合時宜」的角色——在令人炫目的GDP增長下關注被剝奪的個體，在勃興的科技躍進中標註出岌岌可危的隱私邊界，以及，在脫鉤的聲浪裏展示連結的多元與重要性。
我认为单个媒体的使命是向社会提供从专业的角度对社会问题进行的深度思辨和讨论。这种思辨无谓对错，但应该是独立的。一个媒体如果沦为官方喉舌或者只求流量，就丧失了独立思考的能力。当然如何把独立思考的结果以一种更多的读者（而不是仅限专业人员或者资深读者）能接受的方式展现出来，也是每个媒体重要的能力。
而对整个媒体业，使命应该是保持它的百花齐放。如果媒体只有一种声音，再专业再深度也没有意义。媒体业的目的是让民众的眼界得到扩宽，价值观变得更包容。从这种角度来说“不合时宜”是有必要的，因为如果所有媒体都“合时宜”，就只有一种声音了。
端传媒作为新兴媒体至少深度是有的，希望以后越做越大，吸引更多读者。