[Mb-civic] Values Conundrum - Washington Post

[William Swiggard]

Values Conundrum

Will the U.S. and China Play by the Same Rules?

By David J. Rothkopf

Monday, July 11, 2005; Page A15

A debate over values is coloring the most important relationship on the 
planet. It is a debate that transcends in importance even the chasm 
between the U.S.-led West and radical Islam. This debate is the one that 
is at the fault line in the relationship between the United States and 
China.

In recent weeks we have seen new fissures emerge in the relationship. 
The two giants are eyeball to eyeball on the commercial playing field, 
and not only has neither blinked but both are seeing just how complex 
their problem really is.

<>On one front, U.S. tech companies are grappling with how much market 
share their souls are worth as they have been asked by the communist 
leadership to help censor the Internet in exchange for a better shot at 
tapping the Chinese market. Naturally, when this behavior draws 
criticism, both the Chinese government and the companies argue that it 
is a private-sector deal and an internal affair for the Chinese 
government to decide.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/10/AR2005071000999.html?nav=hcmodule 

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