heini - 2:42 pm on Sep 11, 2002 (gmt 0)

>chinese government perspective
That's not the way I read this. To me this article rather reflects the opinion of a Pravda writer, and is directed towards Russia much more than towards China.

It would mean to go into Russian politics here, and internal russian debates about the role Russia should play in the world, to explain what this article really says, so I'll leave it at that.

The article anyhow puts forward the really interesting question, if Google, and Altavista, will resist the pressure from Chinese authorities.
There's a gigantic potential audience at stake.
Nearly 50 Mill users today, growing rapidly and with the potential to become the largest single group on the web worldwide.

Yahoo has already arranged with the Chinese government.
(When) Will Google and Altavista follow?

Do we have to assume every international search engine going to and staying online in China offers a localized version of their serps?