http://proctologiste.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] proctologiste.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] mattbell 2010-12-07 05:48 am (UTC)

Re: Hmm

China also cares much more about saving face. If reports of US->CN hacks came out it would embarrass them and require them to escalate.

The US *is* counterattacking, though much more quietly. But when dealing with feisty opponents like China you have to be willing to look a bit stupid.

Any US-positive PR of this nature would have quite serious blowback, and this time not from a decentralized organization but a major state actor.

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