Chinese Leaders Love Egosurfing

Thanks to WikiLeaks we now know for sure Chinese leaders are just like all egomaniacs:  they too enjoy egosurfing themselves on Google.  And when they find something unflattering about themselves and their families, which is just about every search result out there, they take it out on the messenger, i.e. Google, the search giant.  Li Changchun is not only an egosurfer but also an important member of the ruling party who in light of all the unflattering search results punishes Google financially and deems the international Google site an "illegal site" which I am sure many content providers also agree.  Plenty of hackings on US government agencies and corporations are also attributed to hackers in China with the knowledge of the Chinese government if not outright approval.  Like one of my learned friends suggests, these cable leaks might very well be an orchestrated effort by some US agency, possibly to sway public opinions and to let the world know what has been going on in US diplomacy.

The New York Times got a hold of the related cables and produces this article online and soon to be at a news stand near you.