A clean break up: China Unicom and Google

April 16, 2010 | BY

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Although China Unicom ended its partnership with Google last week, there was no contractual breach, said counsel. On March 24 2010 China Unicom announced…

Although China Unicom ended its partnership with Google last week, there was no contractual breach, said counsel. On March 24 2010 China Unicom announced it was removing the Google search function from all its mobile phones.

    Despite media headlines blaring sensational words such as “ditches”, “drops”, “divorces” and “bailing” to describe the state-owned enterprise (SOE)'s break up with Google, in reality there wasn't a messy aftermath.

    Most foreign companies don't have bargaining power when entering into a business contract with SOEs, especially those in sensitive or highly-regulated sectors.

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