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Remember that it’s not just Google:

“A similar dilemma faces foreign content providers such as Yahoo!, AOL and Google who abide by PRC government wishes, including having internal content monitors, in order to be able to operate within mainland China. Also, in accordance with mainland Chinese laws, Microsoft began to censor the content of its blog service MSN Spaces.”

– Wikipedia

UPDATE: I’m off to see Alan Cox from RedHat and Megan Larkon from NASA speak at the Sheffield Linux User Group meeting tomorrow. If anyone fancies meeting up for a drink or anything, drop me a line.