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"A message of support for Google left outside the company's Beijing office on Jan. 14."

The Wall Street Journal publishes what can only be called "deep-backgrounder" on Google's place in Chinese history by the eminent Anglo-Dutch cultural journalist Ian Buruma.

"Battling the Information Barbarians: China often views the ideas of foreigners, from missionaries in the 17th century to 21st-century Internet entrepreneurs, as subversive imports. The tumultuous history behind the clash with Google."
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