Is Google Really Going To Give Up China?

With tensions between Google and China bubbling up like a pot of boiling water about to blow its lid, how should you trade?

It appears investors are taking profits in this stock as worries mount that the company will, in fact, pull out of China after a two-month standoff with Beijing over Internet censorship.

Many experts have doubted China's ruling Communist Party would ever compromise on censorship.

But, the latest developments take the crisis from doubt -- to something more.

A Financial Times report suggests talks have reached an impasse and Google is "99.9 percent" certain to shut its Chinese search engine.

A Google spokesperson said on Monday talks with Chinese authorities had not ended, but added that the company was adamant about not accepting self-censorship.

"We've been very clear that we are no longer going to self-censor our search results," the spokesperson said.

What’s the trade?

I’m a buyer on the pullback, says Citi analyst Mark Mahaney. It’s a negative development but there are many, many more off-setting positives.



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