Google and the “Twisted Cyber Spy” Affair: US–Chinese Communication in an Age of Globalization.
The “twisted cyber spy” affair began in 2010, when Google was attacked by Chinese cyber-warriors charged with stealing Google's intellectual property, planting viruses in its computers, and hacking the accounts of Chinese human rights activists. In the ensuing international embroglio, the US mainstr...
| Published in: | Quarterly Journal of Speech Vol. 97; no. 4; pp. 411 - 435 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Nov2011
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