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...recently the White House has emphasized a tougher stance toward China. After Google indicated that it might end some of its China operations due to hacking attacks and official censorship, Clinton sided with the U.S. media giant and called on China to investigate the attacks. In early February, Obama said the U.S. would press China on its currency, which economists say Beijing keeps undervalued to boost Chinese exports. (See pictures of Tibet...
...huge market for the company. Most importantly, it brought to light the epic battle for cyber-security between one of the world’s largest technological companies and one of the world’s most secretive regimes. After deciding to remain in China but stay wary of censorship and human rights abuses, Google has called upon the National Security Administration to do what it does best: safeguard information exchange between people. Specifically, Google has asked the NSA to investigate how the hacking occurred, in order to ensure it never happens again...
...President Ronald Reagan’s executive order on Dec. 4, 1981—the order allows certain federal agencies, such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Central Intelligence Agency, to gather information they deem to be a threat to national security. Indeed, China’s censorship put at stake some human rights activists and companies in the United States, and so it is appropriate for the NSA to be involved...
Nevertheless, it is the duty of all firms, especially ones who traffic in information, to make strong statements against tyrannical censorship and inequality. Business is now intrinsic to all human creations, from this newspaper to the roads we drive. By cutting funds to information-filtering states corporations send a message unmatched by governments...
...hasn't been a banner few weeks for U.S.-China relations. In mid-January, Google announced that it was contemplating pulling out of China because of repeated attacks on its network as well as censorship constraints. In the past week, the U.S. government authorized $6 billion in arms sales to Taiwan, and the White House announced that President Obama would meet with the Dalai Lama after having postponed that visit last fall on the eve of Obama's trip to China...