# Professor Anindya Ghose examines the impact of China's digital protectionism

1 Faculty News September 15, 2017 ![Engadget logo 192 x 144](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/engadget192x144.jpg?itok=teCRwUrl)>

Excerpt from [Engadget](https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/15/china-digital-protectionism-firewall-trade/) -- "'There are some parallels with Japan's protectionism of its auto industry, which runs very deep in its political and economic system,' said [Anindya Ghose](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/anindya-ghose), a China business expert at NYU's Stern School of Business. ... 'The fact that Facebook, Google, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube are all blocked in China has no doubt benefited the tech titans of China, such as Baidu, Weibo and Tencent,' said Ghose."

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