I should also point out that one of the reasons for Google's (e.g. Brin's) fury is that by being in China, Google places its native and Chinese descent employees into an untenable position of divided loyalty, where no matter how well intentioned, employees will be forced to betray Google.<p>Brin would know well how the USSR played that game; as long as the PRC is following this economic model Google will be evil if it's in China.