Statue of Mao Zedong in central Lijiang.
December 11, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – CEOs from Google and Apple participated last week in China’s World Internet Conference, bringing what critics called “credibility” to an annual event used by the country’s Communist government to promote a more controlled and censored internet globally.
Apple Inc.’s Tim Cook went as far as praising the Communist country during his keynote speech at the conference, saying that China’s vision of cyberspace as promoted by the conference “is a vision we at Apple share.”
“The theme of this conference — developing a digital economy for openness and shared benefits — is a vision we at Apple share,” he said. “We are proud to have worked alongside many of our partners in China to help build a community that will join a common future in cyberspace.”
Bloomberg News reported that the appearance of leaders “from two of the world’s most valuable tech giants lends credibility to China’s efforts to influence the global internet so it better resembles its own.”
China has a notorious record of aggressively monitoring and censoring it’s citizens online.
“The World Internet Conference held in the eastern Chinese city of Wuzhen is
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