G**gle in China ...

[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, AUTHOR: Editorial Staff]
[Commentary] The WSJ notes the irony that Google is cooperating more readily with China's dictators than it is with the U.S. government. China's leaders have made a bet that they can have economic growth, and the exposure to the outside world that it requires, while maintaining political control. In the long run, we continue to think that's a losing bet. Google may have its own business dilemma, but the modern dictator's dilemma is that the path to economic progress demands a loosening of centralized control on just about everything, including information. As for Google's executives, we also hope that, even as they make their business compromises with the Communists, they don't forget their larger obligations to promoting the freedom that has made them as rich as they are.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB113857784955159489.html?mod=todays_us_op...
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* Google is risking its freedom in China
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/d4d8afd6-90f0-11da-a628-0000779e2340.html
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* ...And Google at Home
http://www.benton.org/index.php?q=node/1212