So the RQ has been doing all the heavy lifting of late, & I’ve been a slacker (shame on me). In any event, there is a great article in the NYT on Google & China with lots of interesting consideration of the new cult of technology in China, details the government’s approach to censorship, highlights some of the cultural differences, etc.
“Given how flexible computer code is, there are plenty of ways to distort the universe — to make its omissions more or less visible.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/23/magazine/23google.html
