Despite years of Mark Zuckerberg’s maneuvering, Facebook is still blocked in China;[1000] Google twice floated plans to unveil a Chinese search engine but backed down both times;[1001] Uber tried expanding into China but found it too expensive and sold its Chinese operations to local rival Didi Chuxing.[1002] What’s more, Chinese law requires tech companies to hand over user data to the government,[1003] which has made Facebook[1004] and Google[1005] reluctant to try expanding again.
