And the counter responses are rolling in...

The New York times reported today on the continuing human rights fracas:

The recent absorption of Yahoo's Chinese operations into Alibaba, a Chinese e-commerce company in which Yahoo now holds a 40 percent stake, also worries some critics. They fear that the move allows Yahoo to reap the benefits of China's booming market while escaping responsibility for what happens there.

This raises the question: how to keep the pressure up so this escape valve does not lead to any new bad behavior.

If we are lucky perhaps China will change...