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Cisco File Raises Censorship Concerns - washingtonpost.com "Cisco Systems, seeking to penetrate the Chinese market, prepared an internal marketing presentation in which it appeared to be willing to assist the Chinese Ministry of Public Security in its... ...full story at RConversation

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31 May 08 visit FBI Confidential -- China's Cyber Terrorism?  »  YouTube videoAccording to a leaked secret FBI document, Chinese counterfeiters have sold close to 75 million dollars of fake Cisco Systems routers to the U.S. military. This revelation raises troubling questions about both the integrity of U.S. defenses in...
23 May 08 visit links for 2008-05-23  »  RConversation Cisco Leak: 'Great Firewall' of China Was a Chance to Sell More Routers | Threat Level from Wired.com On the eve of a Senate hearing, a Cisco internal presentation from 2002 is leaked. It outlines business opportunities presented by China's...
22 May 08 visit Cisco saw opportunity in "Golden Shield" to help fight criminals...and dissidents  »  RConversation WIRED magazine's "Threat Level" blog has published a Cisco internal presentation from 2002 that makes the company's intentions look pretty darn bad. Leaked to reporters right before Wednesday's Senate hearing on the Internet and human rights (which I will...
23 May 08 visit More on Cisco and the Great Firewall  »  James Fallows Via Wired.com two days ago, an astonishing and apparently legit internal document from Cisco back in 2002, when it was preparing to sell the Chinese government the routers that were initially necessary to make the "Great Firewall" system of internet...
04 Nov 09 visit Cisco Hits the Gas With Another Deal  »  China Journal Cisco Systems announced plans to buy the set-top box business of China’s DVN, continuing its recent buying binge
31 Jul 09 visit Cisco to improve supply chains  »  Engaging China US networking giant Cisco has teamed up with Fudan University to create the Cisco-Fudan-Stanford Supply Chain Leadership Institute, which has officially launched its first training programme...

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