On Fri, 18 Sep 2009, John C Klensin wrote:
I am concerned that, if there is some incident --completely unrelated to IETF-- that someone associated with the host or hotel might overreact and decide to interpret, e.g., a discussion about mandatory-to-implement cryptography, as pushing too close to the "politics" or "criticism" line.
Those concerns are not different with other countries, including the US. A few hours after 9/11, once I was over my initial shock, I started downloading all cryptography software I knew was hosted mainly in the United States. We are far from a universal faith in any national government. Pre-emptively excluding countries based on culture, (perceived) bias, or other non-technical and non-organisation arguments is wrong. So if the visa issues are not much worse then for other countries, and an internet connection not hampered by a Great Firewall, I see no reason to single out China. Perhaps appropriate people could inform about organisational matters with others who have more experience, for example the IOC. Paul _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf