On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Henk Uijterwaal <henk@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > I think it is safe to assume that the government did run some checks > on what the IETF is doing and, if we did keep ourselves busy with > things they do not like, then I seriously doubt that they would > have given the host permission to invite us in the first place. Um... I really doubt the government of the PRC has much understanding of the behavior or culture of the IETF. And the more I think of it, the more I think that even the slightest hint of a suggestion that the attendees comport themselves in such a manner as to please the Chinese government is very apt to provoke deliberate provocations from some members of our community -Tim _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf