> Why would the Chinese govt react so strongly They react to all kinds of irrelevant bullshit strongly all the time. It's a gigantic unimaginative bureaucracy.

> Why would the Chinese govt react so strongly They react to all kinds of irrelevant bullshit strongly all the time. It's a gigantic unimaginative bureaucracy. It could very well be some peon 18 levels down doing something done 200 times prior, in response to some news article some other peon has classified as western propaganda. Are they going to come out and admit that?