Information Imperialism and the Great Firewall of China

A feud over internet censorship is souring relations between the US and China. That feud started with a sophisticated attack on the email accounts of Chinese human-rights activists. Google responded by threatening to pull out of China completely unless China agreed to end internet censorship.

Hillary Clinton and the state department soon decided to get into the mix and the result now includes renewed pressure on China to revalue the Renmimbi (yuan) higher, climate change, and policy in the Mideast.