China Goes One-on-One With the
China Goes One-on-One With the Net: "Chinese University of Hong Kong social scientist Bryce McIntyre says the government's tactics boil down to a simple formula: 'Block minds, not sites.' 'For the authorities, it's more efficient just to scare the hell out of people,' he added. It is one of the ironies of China's Internet development that U.S. high-tech companies are among those eager to supply China with the kind of technology that Beijing uses to spot Internet content deemed undesirable or subversive. Hewlett-Packard, Compaq, Sun Microsystems and Cisco Systems were among the 34 American companies that registered to show products at an exhibition in Beijing in November organized in part by China's Ministry of Public Security." It's worth noting that Compaq's site carries the following slogan: "Freedom to think, freedom to work with no strings attached. Experience the power of freedom."