The recent good news, reported in the Los Angeles Times and so very many other media, is that Google decided to withdrawal from China - but for the censorship free-er Hong Kong, despite the fact that they have also withdrawn from the World's largest potential market. Recently I received a number of messages in Chinese characters in the e-mail associated with this blog. I wondered if that was part of the cyber punishment China was using to revenge Google for their decision.
A news story by reporters Jessica Guyun and David Pierson in the LA Times on March 23, 2010, said that international websites such as Facebook and Twitter were always blocked by China. Obviously China does not want its citizens to be influenced by the values of people outside of China.
I'm going into my e-mails to eliminate all China originating or Chinese character messages and this blog will continue to not provide a translator in Chinese.
Christine Trzyna
