From my favorite newspaper, the China Daily, a less-heroic view of Google's motives and conduct through this whole affair:
Full reasoning here. Plus this somewhat different visual rendering of Google's situation:
More from China Daily here and here. Quote from the second story: "Netizens said Tuesday Google's withdrawal from the Chinese mainland was only a 'publicity stunt' while experts believed the online search giant had abandoned its cheese when no others moved it." Can anyone wonder why I love this newspaper?
Let a thousand opinions and editorial cartoons bloom.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/03/two-ways-of-looking-at-google-china/38013/
