Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao once talked about China's foreign policies when answering questions from Singapore's Lianhe Zaobao. Wen said the Chinese people have suffered a lot in the past 500 years, and that's why they have such strong feelings for their country's independence, sovereignty and te

The media's mass coverage of Google's retreat from China

The media's mass coverage of Google's retreat from China showcased a war between the biggest search engine company and the biggest Internet market in the world. The Washington Post issued a report on Friday with the headline, "For Chinese people, loss of Google would mean nothing but darkness",

I'm not sure if Google knows that its arrogance can easily remind the Chinese people of the "big powers" who cracked open China's door by warships and cannons in the 19th century. The reason those invaders could make the Qing government sign unfair treaties is that they owned advance weapons tha