Tim,
The government of China is NOT the host of the meeting. Beyond normal
courtesy as you cross the border (unless you want to be detained), I
wouldn't expect you to act in any particular way towards government
officials.
Ole
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On Sun, 20 Sep 2009, Tim Bray wrote:
On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Marshall Eubanks
<tme(_at_)americafree(_dot_)tv> wrote:
Politeness and respect towards the Host, yes, of
course. Censorship of technical discussions, pre or otherwise, no.
Perhaps you'd like to rephrase that. It is an incontrovertible fact
that there are many people who feel the PRC government is corrupt
and authoritarian, sends its armed forces to shoot down peaceful
protesters, brutally oppresses national minorities, invades some
neighbors and threatens to invade others, kidnaps and locks up
people for expressing their opinions; is essentially barbarous and
thus has forfeited any right to respect from civilized people. To
be fair, you can find people who have a gripe with any government in
the world, although China's is unusually controversial. In any
case, respect for any particular governing body really can't be
imposed as a precondition of attending any meeting anywhere.
-Tim
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