A second issue likely to blow the G-2 apart before it has actually taken shape is the impact of China’s authoritarianism on the free movement of information. China’s clash with Google and US protests at cyber attacks on American targets remind the outside world, as well as America’s media and political elites, of the difference in values between the two countries.
第二个可能在 G-2 集团最终成型之前导致其流产的问题，则是中国在信息自由方面的专制主义行为。中国官方与谷歌公司的冲突，以及美国对美方目标遭到网络攻击的抗议提醒了外界以及美国的媒体和政治精英们：两国价值观之间的差异究竟有多大。