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Google launched its China operation in January 2006 with high hopes. The democratizing benefits of increased Web access for the Chinese people, the Internet giant hoped, would outweigh the Chinese Communist Party's ferocious censorship and e-mail spying.

Google also hoped to make shiploads of money. Lawmakers and human rights activists criticized the company's willingness to abandon its informal "Don't Be Evil" motto of social responsibility for the sake of short-term wealth. Still, co-founder Sergey Brin and other company officials maintained that even a censored version of the company's search engine was better than none at all.

But that was then. Four years later the firm has startled the planet by threatening to walk away from the world's fastest growing economy. The company threatened to shut down its China-based site over censorship and e-mail hacking. The attacks were made against Google, the company said, and at least 20 other large companies that included "the Internet, finance, technology, media and chemical sectors."

Could this be the end of Google in China? Not quite. Although Google announced replica breitling on Jan. 12, "We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results," two days later company spokesman Scott Rubin sang a different tune: Google's business in China would continue unchanged, pending talks with the government to see if the company legally can operate without filters.

Will Google's line in the sand blow away in the breeze? Significantly, its announcement expressed less alarm over censorship than over cyber attacks that "resulted in the theft of intellectual property."

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That's worth pulling out of China if the most likely suspect, China's government, is behind it. "Intellectual property" includes the innovative knowledge and ideas that put a company ahead of its competitors. It also includes the defense industry that puts a nation ahead of other nations. That may be the real story behind Google's pushback against the Chinese government. It follows a series of aggressive moves by China's government that espionage and foreign policy experts say could be the opening rounds in an escalating 21st century cyber-war.

A report to Congress two months ago by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission cited a "marked increase" in "malicious" cyber intrusions originating in China and targeting U.S. government and defense-related computer systems. Unable in their repressive political environment to incubate and innovate enough new private-sector ideas of their own, experts say, China steals ours.

Google's leverage in its dispute with China's government may be its own popularity. Even though it runs a distant second to China's home-grown Baidu search engine, news photos of fans laying flowers at Google's Beijing headquarters symbolize millions of users who want more choices and pandora style beads more information access, not less. The Communist regime does not allow free elections, but experts say it pays no less attention to opinion polls than free-world politicians do.

"I think Google probably should negotiate with the Chinese," said Cheng Li, of the Brookings Institution. "The fight for public opinion is going on. Who will be the winner is really unclear. So the government must be very careful. If they do too much, the backlash against them could be overwhelming."

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The survey of more than 500 senior executives 鈥?including CEOs, COOs, CFOs and CHROs 鈥?of mid- to large-size companies in 20 countries in Europe, Asia, North America and Latin America also found that, despite the economic downturn, many corporate professional development programs specific to women remain intact. Just under one half (48 percent) of all respondents reported making no changes in the past year to leadership programs for women, and 48 percent did not alter coaching and mentoring programs specific to women.

鈥淩esilience 鈥?the combination of adaptability, flexibility and strength of purpose 鈥?may be the new criterion for professional advancement,鈥? said Adrian Lajtha, Chief Leadership Officer at Accenture. 鈥淚n the current world of economic uncertainty and intense competitiveness, organizations that instill resilience in their up-and-coming leadership tag heuer replica will have a clear advantage.鈥?

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The field for men's figure skating is considered among the strongest in Olympic history.

Evgeni Plushenko, Russia

Ended a three-year retirement to try to win a second straight Olympic gold medal, a feat not achieved since Dick Button in 1948 and 1952. The three-time world champion easily won the European title last month.

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When figure skating coach Frank Carroll first saw Evan Lysacek perform, he marveled at him.

Lysacek was training at a rink in Colorado with the athlete who would later become his rival, Johnny Weir. A tall, gangly 14-year- old, Lysacek looked more suited to basketball.

"I looked at Johnny and said, 'My God, this is the most talented man I've ever seen,'

" said Carroll, 71, who coaches Lysacek. "Then I looked at Evan and said, 'My God, this is the most determined man I've ever seen.'

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At this, their second Olympics, Lysacek, 24, and Weir, 25, are looking for their first Olympic medals. Weir was fifth at the 2006 Games. Lysacek finished fourth, coming back from a 10th-place finish in the short program.

"I remember how I felt at the last Olympics, and this time I'm not going to have any regrets," Lysacek said. "Back then, I was overwhelmed by everything, the opening ceremony and the other athletes and just everything about the Olympics. Now, it's all business."

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The six made a brief appearance in the Invercargill District Court charged with injuring with intent to cause grievous bodily harm later that day.

They were remanded in custody to appear in the Invercargill District Court tomorrow. He could not discount the possibility of additional charges.

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