>From what i understand, they were targetting their own peoples email accounts. Im not sure if this would amount to an act of war. Maybe a cyber war. but zero chance of military action just because the chinese govt hacked google. I remember a few years back when the pentagon was hacked by some chinese hackers .. that could have been classified an act of war.
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Kyle Spencer <[email protected]> wrote: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8455712.stm > > According to initial reports (see above link) from the BBC, the chief > architect of Baidu responded to Google with a blog post on their website > which alleged that Google was leaving China for financial reasons only, that > this human rights thing is a lie/cover, and that they were just mad they > couldn't beat Baidu. It went on to call them hypocrits, etc. > > According to the BBC, this blog post was then (almost immediately) removed > from the site. > > In my opinion, this blog post was written in haste and anger, and resembled > a forum rant by a teenage gamer who got bested by his rival. > > I don't understand why/how Google's actions would anger the architect of > the company which potentially stands to gain the most from this situation, > but it apparently did. This emotional response indicates to me that there is > more to the Google-Baidu relationship than just market share. > > In any case, if it turns out this was state-sponsored activity, then it > amounts to an act of war. > >
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