April 21, 2006
Chinese Premier’s High-Tech U.S. Visit
Chinese Premier Hu Jintao kicked off his U.S. tour with a visit to Bill Gates, illustrating the importance of U.S. tech companies in U.S.-China relations.
While tech talk was an important part of Hu Jintao’s official visits with Gates and Bush, the issue of Chinese censorship was skirted. Gates and Hu Jintao discussed intellectual property rights, yet despite urging from Reporters Without Borders, Gates remained vague on Web freedom. Later, Jintao spoke with Bush about easing restrictions on U.S. high-tech exports to China.
Unofficially, tech companies’ cooperation with Chinese censorship came into the media spotlight: Skype admitted to complying with Chinese censorship practices, Yahoo was accused of helping jail another Chinese writer, and a U.S. congressional committee meeting on human rights addressed the behavior of U.S. tech companies in China.
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