Hmmm. The emergence of China with its ongoing mbuttive military build up is more of a concern to us than its economic development. If China has no imperialist leanings, and no enemies, why is this mbuttive military buildup occurring?
That's just great. Then China has nothing to fear. And since it has nothing to fear, why does it make such threatening statements with regard to Taiwan?
"The popular search engine Google has said it is trying to get the ban on its site in China lifted. "We are currently working with Chinese officials to get our full service restored to the millions of Chinese users who depend on Google every day," the company said in a statement.
For its part, China has defended its policy of maintaining tight controls on the internet.
Beijing routinely blocks access to thousands of sites with political or loveographic content deemed unsuitable for its citizens.
Popular choice
News of the ban on Google emerged on Monday.
The site was repeatedly inaccessible when tested by BBC News Online using a system developed by researchers at the Harvard Law School.
Google has become popular in China because of the simplicity of its pages and the ability to run searches in the Chinese language.
In various online forums, Chinese surfers criticised the ban saying they used the search engine for research, not politics.
Managing the net
China has made no official comment on the ban on Google.
But when asked why Beijing was blocking the search engine, a foreign ministry spokesman defended state controls on online access.
"Obviously there is some harmful information on the internet," said foreign ministry spokesman Kong Quan.
"Not everyone should have access to this harmful information on the internet. The whole world now is exploring a way to manage the Internet and China is also working on this."
The Beijing Government is keen to promote the use of the internet for business in China. But it also tries to maintain strict controls over what its citizens read on the net.
Analysts say this is the first time China has blocked a search engine.
"Google has always been committed to providing our users with the most open access to information possible," said the company.
The search engine is one of the most popular sites on the internet, receiving more than 150 million hits a day."
Ah yes, the wonders of Chinese openness. NOT!
No, actually there were 7 million Native Americans here prior to the European invasion. Within 100 years after European contact, the Native population had been reduced by war, disease, discrimination and forced displacement to around three million Native Americans. The United States didn't come into being until over 150 years later, and by that time the Native population had been reduced to about 1.5 million and were scattered over the entire continent. If you want to blame anyone for this, blame the Europeans. As for me, I've done my part in trying to preserve Native America since my step-daughters are half Navaho, and I have been a lifelong student of Native American cultural heritage. Clue - if you are going to make such arguments, know what you are talking about.
