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Re: Gates backs China in Google censorship spat

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____/ nessuno on Wednesday 27 Jan 2010 17:31 : \____

> On Jan 27, 8:25 am, Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstr...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> nessuno pulled this Usenet boner:
>>
>> > <Quote>
>> > Lovable, huggable ex-monopolist Bill Gates has more often than not
>> > found himself batting for China in a recent publicity drive as head of
>> > the Gates Foundation.
>>
>> > On his way to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, the Microsoft-
>> > chief-turned philanthropist appears unmoved over China's position on
>> > internet censorship after Google's recent threats to exit the country.
>>
>> > In an interview Monday with ABC television, Gates shrugged off China's
>> > repressive online policies as simply part of doing business in a
>> > foreign country.
>>
>> Figures.
>>
>> > He pointed to censorship laws in Germany that forbid
>> > pro-Nazi statements which would be protected as free speech in the
>> > United States.
>> > </Quote>
>>
>> >http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/27/gates_backs_china_google_cens...
>>
>> How do you say "buttcrust" in Chinese?
> 
> "Bing"

It means illness in Chinese, IIRC.

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