Alphabet divisions are free to return to China, implies Brin
Google has not had the best relationship with China, having argued over censorship and been on the receiving end of hacking cases. As a result, the company has been absent from China since 2010. However, restructuring under the new Alphabet umbrella could mean that divisions are free to return to the country, should they choose to do so. Speaking on Wednesday, Google co-founder Sergey Brin stated that each Alphabet business is free to make its own decisions about which countries they operate in, which opens the door to divisions going back to work in China or any other region of their choice. Countries, timings or divisions were not specifically mentioned, but the statement came at an event for Google’s Project Loon balloon-based internet service. “Each Alphabet business can make its own decisions on which countries to operate in,” – Google co-founder Sergey Brin Brin mentioned that China is one of the countries that is interested in expanding its internet coverage by using Lo