Of course, another reason
for this is Alphabet's virtual absence from China — a
huge untapped
opportunity that
potentially awaits — if Google was any other company in the world, i.e. just a little bit more evil, they'd buy Baidu (BIDU: US) first thing tomorrow morning & justify it (to China — I suspect all other stakeholders would love the deal, or simply not care) as a stand - alone non-integrated acquisition.