Netflix throws the towel in on China

[Lure]

I understand the rules of the land. There are reasons Indians are coping up and integrating successfully in different countries

I think India compromise too much to West and too little to China. Why India is World's largest English speaking country? Indians are not hostile towards West for centuries of opression and assimilation. But India can be hostile towards China for a very small disputed land and trade deficit. By looking at what West did in India, I see current West-India relations like India is having a Stockholm Syndrome. Growing backbone against China but being silent against the West is a huge contradiction.

And don't start with Pakistan-China relations. There wouldn't be any Pakistan if there were no UK.

But when the world provides equal platform for Chinese companies to compete, they should also do it in their country. They sit on approvals for years. Ask Indian Pharmaceutical companies.

It's tiny fraction of the advantage that West has by exploiting Asia and Africa. You know that when Asian and European companies will compete in a fair environment without any government regulation, there wouldn't be any Asian companies because all of you guys would be working in Microsoft or Apple. While most minds in India are working like crazy to provide electricity, best minds in the West were writing OS or inventing Machine Learning. In an equal environment Your best minds would be bought in a heartbeat.

You can't close the gap of wealth and education that existed because of centuries of exploitation. Japan sanctioned their own companies, West sanctions their own companies and China does that too. Instead of complaining find some ways to nurture Indian companies. This is my two cents. Protect your interests instead of getting mad at the obesity that protects their own interest.

 

[cirr]

Armed with English the so-called universal language, the Yankees still can't compete with real competitors.

Imagine just how dumb and insignificant these people would be if they speak, say, Portuguese.

 

[ohmrlobalobayeh]

For compete you gotta give them a chance. Netflix says govt regulatory clearances are not given or sitten upon. Like I said Chinese govt is involving in protectionism.

just like how America is protectionist as well. What goes around, comes around.

 

[gambit]

What are you talking about here? Content, service, picture quality, price? Please be more specific.

Here is a Wired article that is more honest -- than the PDF Chinese -- on why Netflix withdrew from China...

https://www.wired.com/2016/01/netflix-may-never-break-into-china/

In China, violence, sex, and nudity are widely blocked, as are stories determined to be anti-authoritarian, anti-military, religious, hyper-superstitious, or strongly political.

Domestic broadcasters and streaming services in China are required by the government to have no more than 30 percent of their content be foreign made in an effort to promote Chinese films and TV shows. If regulators were to put a similar requirement in place for Netflix, that would also limit what the company would be allowed to show.

Yes, it is the content. But it is Netflix's contents which automatically earned heavier scrutiny from Chinese censors. When what you offer is already at a disadvantaged, how can you compete ?

I worked with Chinese engineers from mainland China. Intel and Micron employees. When they came to the US for training, we socialized and in our gatherings, they admitted they were surprised at the varieties of entertainment on their first landings in the US. Some of them were beyond surprised and went outright shocked when they trained in Intel Folsom, California, or in Hillsboro, Oregon. Despite their proficiency in technical English, they needed help with colloquial English when they watched American serials and movies, and they admitted that what Americans regularly enjoys would never fly in China.

Think about this...Chinese are not allowed to access Facebook. And you think the Chinese government would allow serials and movies that are heavily into ideologies and politics from foreign perspectives ?

Netflix failed because of governmental regulations, not because of content competitiveness.

 

[ahojunk]

Armed with English the so-called universal language, the Yankees still can't compete with real competitors.

Imagine just how dumb and insignificant these people would be if they speak, say, Portuguese.

English is the universal language because UK and then US being the world power. The language follows the world power. For the same reason, I would expect Chinese (Putonghua) becoming more important going forward.

Every race has smart and stupid people. Some posters here (Chinese, Viet, Indo, Pinoy, Indian or Aussie, etc) are smart while some are also incredibly stupid too! Just that some race has a higher proportion of smarter people, that's all. (Don't bring up the high IQ stuff in this thread, I will delete them.)

 

[TaiShang]

The ice cold fact is that China's market is one of brutal foreign competition grinder. This, however, does not deny the fact that China's nascent industries needed some sort of protection. Every now developed country did the same. You would have had frost bite on your face if you knew to what great lengths US government went to protect its energy industries in the 50, 60s and 70s. So, folks, save your moral lecturing to your granny. The fact is that if you are a foreign company in China with legit products, you will be ready to tough competition. Of course, Indian, if any, companies do not count as they are non existent in our radar. You cannot compete what is not existent.

 

[liall]

It won't succeed in China.
China has way better ones at home.
In terms of such websites and IT startups, US has no chance and does not do better than China.

I actually support China for this. Nobody wants Uber and Google to control everything related to taxis or internet. India couldn't do it. Some one has to because we need a check or else monopoly though out the world.