“We have a rightful sense of superiority."
Ministry of Propaganda: "If you want to do something that disobeys Chinese law and regulations, you are unfriendly, you are irresponsible, and you will have to pay the consequences,"
China announced plans to force Western companies to turn over their most sensitive technology and patents to Chinese competitors in exchange for access to the country's markets.
Internet cafes to be taken over by the government and a declaration that all cellphones should be equipped with surveillance cameras.
Internally, it has carried out more arrests and indictments for endangering state security (thought crime) over the past two years than in the five-year period from 2003 to 2007
also reined in the news media and attempted to control the Internet more vigorously than in the past.
the closer China gets to a variety of firsts -- No. 1 exporting nation and even No. 1 economy in the world -- the more its government seems to exhibit a nagging insecurity and opposition to the West.
