Internet Traffic Shanghaied?

Techcrunch is reporting that Chinese authorities might be re-directing Google search traffic over to Baidu:

We can’t confirm as yet whether this is a one off restricted to just Shanghai or applicable to all China NetCom access points. We also don’t know whether this is an initiative of Baidu or China NetCom, or both. Given both are listed in the United States they should rightfully answer as to whether they are indeed hijacking Google traffic; after all, it’s not very sporting of them to do so.

We have also been hearing reports that thousands of investors paid big bucks to hear a speech by Jim Rogers in China, and a winning bidder paid $53,000 to have an exclusive dinner with him to chat about the markets. Things are getting goofy, we might have one more spike left in the (FXI) before the exit signs start to loom larger.

Nuts

Baidu Hijacking Google Traffic In China
TechCrunch
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