Question

Joan is spending time in China and wants to start an Internet business there. The Chinese government tells her that certain items on her website are objectionable and illegal, and that if she wants to do business in China, she must remove the objectionable material. Which of the following is true?a. Joan is within her rights and should stand her ground. She is a U.S. citizen, and so long as she complies with U.S. law, she can do business in China and keep the material in the website that the Chinese government finds objectionable. Joan is within her rights to keep the material on her site only if she petitioned b. her state senator before starting the Internet business in China and obtained the senator's permission to proceed. If Joan wants to do business in China, she must abide by Chinese law and c. remove the objectionable material from the website. By international law, there is a set international fee of $10,000 that Joan can d. pay if she wants to obey only U.S. law. If she pays that amount, she can continue in China without any removal of the objectionable material. By international law, there is a set international fee of $5,000 that Joan can e. pay if she wants to obey only U.S. law. If she pays that amount, she can continue in China without any removal of the objectionable material.

Answer 1

If Joan wants to do business in China, she must abide by Chinese law and remove the objectionable material from the website.

Step-by-step explanation:

If you want to start a business in any place of the world, you must follow the laws and procedures of that place.

For example, if you want to start a business in Florida, the state of Florida must charter the company, and the company must follow all the regulations and requirements of the state. Additionally the company must follow and obey all the laws and regulations of the federal government (e.g. SEC, UCC, FDA, etc.).

The same applies if you want to open a business in Europe, China, Brazil, etc., and it doesn't matter if you are an American Citizen, Canadian, Mexican, etc.

The same thing happened to Google, F@cebook, etc. when they started to operate in China.