Google and the Government of China
Multinational corporations are organizations with operations and business activities conducted in more than one country. The discipline of international relation focuses on various aspects related to political science such as global poverty, globalization, and the political environment. Google exemplifies a multinational corporation and a major player spearheading the role in the globalization on the world stage (Geppert & Dörrenbächer, 2017). The company has been influential in shaping production processes, global trade, and other financial transactions because of its considerable autonomy. The following study shows that the spread of new communication technologies will shape today's international relations with MNCs as the major drivers.
In the contemporary society, we observe that international relations have managed to give multinational corporations the chance to seek an understanding concerning issues such as the nature and power exercise process in the global system (Devetak, Burke & George, 2011). It is evident that national governments are now sharing their powers with business communities, nongovernmental organizations, and the international organizations. Through such sharing, China has understood the changing character of its state and other non-state actors when participating in international decision-making processes (Bianchi, 2009). Therefore, states have seen the importance of engaging with multinational corporations because they create furtherance of goals in foreign policy.
Many corporations and advocacy groups have seen this foreign policy concept to be important in promoting a country's democracy, provide humanitarian relief for its population, and fight the rising international acts of terrorism. Therefore, nations have managed to propel their economic liberalization, wage war, and cure diseases. The article is relevant when looking at the important role played by multinational corporations in today's international relations because they are instruments of improving global relations through creating commercial ties (Geppert & Dörrenbächer, 2017).
The aspect of globalization has been mentioned and we see it improving the communication, transportation and technological factors of any given country. Moreover, economic agreement pacts have been formed, which has made the world to become more of a village. Therefore, people can trade, meet, interact and further...
This concept of globalization phenomenon has seen the rules of the game change even for the Chinese government's economy, politics and their international relations. It is through globalization where we see social disintegration and political stimulation at its peak because MNCs like Google have had more say on China's national and international economic state issues. Globalization has been seen in many countries, and this has managed to show how important such processes come to play in nation building. Many actors have managed to reap the fruits of globalization through activities like improving their channels of communication. Others have also resorted to being innovative in their different fields that have seen many improve and gain knowledge through sharing information electronically.
Furthermore, critics have raised concern that MNCs have managed to replace nation-states as primary actors in international politics successfully. Moreover, the MNCs have influenced policies found in their home governments. Through such acts, they are also able to influence the policies of their host governments. For the article, this was made possible by the presence of one Dr. Kai-fu Lee who was helping Google during the negotiations process (Grogan & Brett, 2006). By having Dr. Lee on their side, the company enhanced the negotiation process because the negotiator was familiar with all the rules of Chinese negotiations. With such people on is board, Google is more than willing to follow China's rules on trade policy. Therefore, when fostering strong trade bonds and relations, Google will first look at what the Chinese government is offering.
When we look at the Chinese government, we are well aware of the stringent communication regulations put forward by the government. Nonetheless, with advancement in the information technology sector, information is slowly chipping away at power states like China and is now shaping and creating the public opinion (D'Anieri, 2011). In today's world, we notice that more than 100 million Chinese people are surfing the Web and its bloggers are more than four million. During the SARS epidemic, the Chinese citizens used the Internet to bring the issue forward even though they faced serious objections from government officials (Geppert & Dörrenbächer, 2017). The advancement and penetration of technology has seen cross-border communication decrease its costs. Such cost reduction has…
