Rather than debate on whether this would have been or wouldn't have
been the case, can I suggest we actually approach the PRC government
and ask them? I'm sure they'd be willing to at least tell us. Their
purpose here is presumably to avoid contraversial topics being
discussed, rather than to catch us out.
I suspect that the idea would be to avoid calling to attention any
political viewpoints specifically relating to China, rather than
discussing the basic problems and issues.
On Sun Sep 20 18:18:29 2009, Michael StJohns wrote:
Steve -
Some 15 years ago, the IETF had a plenary session on the NSA's
CLIPPER chip initiative. That was a hot topic of the time and was
a great example of open discussion.
That discussion could not be had at an IETF in the PRC.
[...]
Dave.
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