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The Sino-US conflict has reached new heights, with the “Dalai Lama issue” escalating into more than just a squirmish between the two countries, according to the Global Times. The Global Times article suggested that any meeting between the American President Obama and the Dalai Lama this month would draw attention to and emphasize the Western and Chinese ideological point of view.  

The paper quotes expert opinions, "It could be the last straw that collapses the Sino-US relationship, or Obama might “take it easy” and return to the Sino-US relationship after making his point of  “not yielding to China.”  

Whatever the cause of Obama giving China the cold shoulder, China is putting its foot down and won’t return to business as is. China is in the process of changing the rules of the game. In the past, China gave only lip service, unsupported by actual action, when the U.S. sold weapons to Taiwan and met with the Dalai Lama. This time China is truly protesting and taking countermeasures.

Source: Global Times, February 3, 2010
http://world.huanqiu.com/roll/2010-02/708072.html

The People’s Website republished a China Youth commentary about Hillary Clinton’s “Remarks on Internet Freedom” speech in support of Google’s challenging the Chinese government. The article quoted Clinton’s words “And censorship should not be in any way accepted by any company from anywhere. In America, American companies must make a principled stand. This needs to be part of our national brand.” It ridiculed Clinton for raising a dispute between one company and its host country’s management to the “national brand” level under the “Internet Freedom” label.

The article claimed that the only reason for U.S. politicians to back Google is because Google has spent $3 million dollars on lobbying government officials.

“Ignoring ones country’s information monitoring, but criticizing China’s Internet management is a clear indication that the ‘Internet freedom’ under the U.S. ‘national brand’ is simply U.S. Secretary Clinton’s boasting about U.S. Internet strategy. It represents nothing more than taking advantage of U.S. technology, capital, and market dominance in an effort to sell U.S. ‘universal values.’ The intended result is to gain commercial, cultural, and political interests for the U.S.

Sources:
1. People’s Website, January 25, 2010
http://media.people.com.cn/GB/40606/10832402.html
2. Secretary Hillary Clinton’s Speech Titled “Remarks on Internet Freedom,”
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2010/01/135519.htm

After Google brought the issue of network hacker attacks originating from the Chinese government into the open, the spokesperson from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology took reporter’s questions concerning hacker attacks.  

The spokesperson said that “China is the largest victim when it comes to hacker attacks.”  

“As to the issue of anti-hackers strategy, the Chinese government’s policy is open, transparent, and consistent. Any suggestion of the ‘Chinese government participating in hacking attacks,’ whether openly or indirectly, is groundless. It’s to defame China. And we are determined to oppose such suggestions.”

Source: Xinhua, January 25, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-01/25/content_12867854.htm