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Principles are good...what happens when they are tested?

Longtime readers of this blog will recall I have devoted extensive time to the various woes of foreign (read: American) Internet companies in China, covering both their business and political woes. (Recap of previous posts here.) Now we've reached the... ...full story at Imagethief

from Imagethief on Sun, Jan 21 2007

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