The interesting question is by being publically embarrassed by Google's accusations, what is China's leadership going to do?

Basically hackers from China hacked into Google and stole source code and got into at least one Gmail Account. China's government has seen hacking as very useful. From hacking into US Presidential candidates computers to better understand their position, to the Dalai Lama hacking. There has also been a huge amount of hacking for gaining foreign technology, especially from defence firms in the US. Since hacking can rarely be traced to an actual person, there is a huge amount of plausible denial.

Links:

Google’s Threat Echoed Everywhere, Except China

Google Exit Threatens Chinese Internet, Analysts Say

Foreign Companies Resent China’s Rules

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