Internet use

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-03/google-wants-u-s-to-weigh-challenging-china-in-wto-update2-.html

I've been following this story for awhile, ever since Google got hacked here.  China had been less than helpful in assisting Google with tracing the criminals.  That, and all the BS regarding internet here in China AND the mess of China basically banning World of Warcraft because Chinese MMOs couldn't compete with this foreign online game.

I feel like the world is totally justified in publicly backhanding unfair regulation of the internet.  If the US leads the vanguard, that's fine by me.  Heard a rumor through word of mouth that Obama offered a deal to China leading up the Copenhagen climate talks... if China went along with THE REST OF THE WORLD on climate protection, then Obama would tow the line a bit regarding Tibet and Taiwan.  China snubbed him, so Obama is chilling with the Dalai Lama, selling weapons to Taiwan, and (hopefully) trying to get the WTO to force China to open up it's internet, hopefully completely.

China-US relations are fairly strained right now.  And China is making noises like it wants to be the second nation after the US that will set up military bases around the globe.  ( http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/eo20100212a1.html ) That's a good set up for war on a global scale.  Or at least a lot of sabre-rattling for economic benefit.