Wow. Microsoft, Yahoo, and Google have all spent obscene amounts of money and time building "special relationships" with the Chinese government, ostensibly wit

Wow. Microsoft, Yahoo, and Google have all spent obscene amounts of money and time building "special relationships" with the Chinese government, ostensibly with the hope of preventing this sort of thing. Fat lot of good it's doing them. I expect that some, probably most, of these blocks will stay in effect for a while. The 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic is coming up this fall, so the authorities are busy creating a "harmonious society" in preparation. FWIW, the mood here in Beijing is increasingly tense. Not a lot of fun.