Thoughts On China, IP & Yahoo
As reported in Technology Daily's PM edition, the Embassy of China's intellectual property attaché painted a rosy picture of his nation's IP protection plans at a Center for Strategic and International Studies event on Wednesday.
What I found more interesting than Yang Guohua's familiar pledge that his country (known widely for its piracy prowess) is cracking down on IP infringement, was a comment he made about his officially sanctioned e-mail address, which is surprisingly a free Yahoo.com account.
Quick flashback: Executives from several major of U.S. tech firms, including Yahoo, testified at a high-profile House International Relations Committee hearing a year ago. Cisco, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo defended their business dealings in nations like China that oppress, monitor or punish those who speak out on the Internet.
It's worth noting that Yang's e-mail address is affiliated with the American Yahoo and not Yahoo.cn, which is run by Chinese firm Alibaba and is routinely censored by the Communist government.
Now that I think about it, maybe his remarks at CSIS, his Yahoo address and the congressional hearing aren't meaningfully connected. But let's just consider it food for thought on a slow news day.
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