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I don't think you're right. They seem to have a policy of strong censorship, but not at any cost. I think this applies to related are as well. Controlling the costs of their censorship is important to them. So, for example I wouldn't be surprised if one of the things they asked themselves was 'If we block Google completely, are there any services that we can't live without?'

Interestingly, Stern Hu pleaded guilty to bribery recently:

http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/Stern-Hu-...

Are you surprised?

How long do you think it took for them to beat it out of him?

We'll have to wait for the sentence to be handed down, if any jail time / execution is handed, that would really be interesting!

It's true. It's time to impose sanctions and deal with the consequences.