Internet Outsider is also in the small but hardy band of Google supporters, asking:

"Okay, Google China Gripers, What Would YOU Do?"

Judging by a spate of articles yesterday playing up the criticism of Google's decision to play by the Chinese government's rules, the view seems to persist that the company had a real alternative. So it's time for those who continue to grumble that Google sold out to tell us what the company should have done.

Option One: Refuse to do business in China until the Chinese government adopts the First Amendment (when hell freezes over), and proclaim your moral superiority from the other side of the Pacific. Side effects: Deny hundreds of millions Chinese users the benefits they would get from your service even without being able to search for "Taiwan." Forego any hope of building a business in the world's biggest market AND forgo any hope of using the enormous leverage you will have once you have built that business to continually press for positive, incremental change (which, by the way, is happening slowly but surely, with or without you--which isn't to say there isn't a long way to go).

Option Two: Do what Google did.

Option Three: ?

But most of the commenters aren't happy.