&#62; <i>But they do have one point: Why do we care so much about Chinese censorship, as long as it is only affecting people within China?</i><p>Because as shown quite colorfully in the recent attacks on Google and others, it <i>doesn't</i> only affect people within China. I believe Martin Luther King said it best when he said "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" in his famous Letter from a Birmingham Jail:<p><i>Moreover, I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states. I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.</i><p><a href="http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.h...</a>