Google's Battle with China Censorship

Google has threatened to shut down its Chinese language search engine, google.cn. The company says it refuses to comply with Chinese censorship requirements.

Yesterday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said, “…those who disrupt the free flow of information in our society, or in any other, pose a threat to our economy, our government and our civil society.”

Ted Fishman is the author of China, Inc.: How the Rise of the Next Superpower Challenges America and the World. 

Ted says the Chinese believe the U.S. is simply appropriating Google's commercial problems and using them for its own geopolitical aims…