The Google affair was expected to be resolved...

Google and its search engine plus email service were expected either to leave China in the next couple of days or to make up with the authorities. Neither came to pass.

The dispute began when Google"s email service was hacked in December, allegedly by the government in order to read the correspondence between prominent Chinese dissidents. The American Internet giant failed to prove what cannot be proved - that the Chinese government is responsible. Then Google raised the banner against web censorship and announced that it could not abide by Chinese censorship laws.

It would be logical for a company that does not want to follow the laws of a country to leave. But Google did not leave. It would be equally logical for a company to try to negotiate with the authorities if it has problems and does not want to leave. But Google did not try to negotiate either. So, what did Google do?

In a nutshell, Google tried to provoke the Chinese government and put it in a bind.

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