I don't know where else to stick this, so here's my take. I'm in China right now. I haven't used google news a lot, but I can tell you that LOTS of google search results end up in some form of "This Page Cannot Be Found" errors. Using a proxy server may give you some measure of privacy, but doesn't help you get blocked pages; I've tried. What google is doing may simply be streamlining their service so that pages which you absolutely cannot reach (well, without ssh'ing into a box in another country, pulling a page with lynx or similar, and emailing it to yourself) aren't linked to. Users will simply be frustrated with a news resource which links to a bunch of blocked pages, and turn to other news providers.
Have you ever left whatever country you live in (yes, the US)? Comments like this only make you a flaming example of ignorant pseudo-patriots who spread a lot of FUD based on non-existent knowledge and experience. If you think that China as the keeper of some 1.3 billion farmers/workers/businesspeople/soldiers has no part to play in maintaining world peace and stability, think again.
From the Chinese perspective, the US is a great country, but also a violent and offensive country for its recent invasion of Iraq, its bombing of the Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia in 2000 (the Chinese people haven't forgotten this as quickly as Americans have, surprisingly enough), and ongoing interference in China-Taiwan cross strait relations. Yes, racism and xenophobia do exist in Chinese culture, but don't forget that less that 50 years ago in the US blacks couldn't use bathrooms designated for whites, that American citizens who happened to be of Japanese descent were dislocated and imprisoned during WWII, and that after September 11 airport screening happened to incriminate all citizens with middle eastern backgrounds. And honestly, I'll give you one guess as to which country I think is the most dangerous in the world right now, and under whose leadership. That's right, it's the last superpower that said on the record that it will go to any extreme to ensure the same status is denied of any other country.
Next time you make a political comment, try to identify the issues and political figures involved without making generalizations that dehumanize an entire populace.
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Sorry, wrong date there. The embassy attack was in 1999. Here's the PRC's statement on the matter.
I don't know where else to stick this, so here's my take. I'm in China right now. I haven't used google news a lot, but I can tell you that LOTS of google search results end up in some form of "This Page Cannot Be Found" errors. Using a proxy server may give you some measure of privacy, but doesn't help you get blocked pages; I've tried. What google is doing may simply be streamlining their service so that pages which you absolutely cannot reach (well, without ssh'ing into a box in another country, pulling a page with lynx or similar, and emailing it to yourself) aren't linked to. Users will simply be frustrated with a news resource which links to a bunch of blocked pages, and turn to other news providers.
Have you ever left whatever country you live in (yes, the US)? Comments like this only make you a flaming example of ignorant pseudo-patriots who spread a lot of FUD based on non-existent knowledge and experience. If you think that China as the keeper of some 1.3 billion farmers/workers/businesspeople/soldiers has no part to play in maintaining world peace and stability, think again.
From the Chinese perspective, the US is a great country, but also a violent and offensive country for its recent invasion of Iraq, its bombing of the Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia in 2000 (the Chinese people haven't forgotten this as quickly as Americans have, surprisingly enough), and ongoing interference in China-Taiwan cross strait relations. Yes, racism and xenophobia do exist in Chinese culture, but don't forget that less that 50 years ago in the US blacks couldn't use bathrooms designated for whites, that American citizens who happened to be of Japanese descent were dislocated and imprisoned during WWII, and that after September 11 airport screening happened to incriminate all citizens with middle eastern backgrounds. And honestly, I'll give you one guess as to which country I think is the most dangerous in the world right now, and under whose leadership. That's right, it's the last superpower that said on the record that it will go to any extreme to ensure the same status is denied of any other country.
Next time you make a political comment, try to identify the issues and political figures involved without making generalizations that dehumanize an entire populace.