Such deals limit the long-term benefits to the United States, while clearly helping China, he said.

Or they might hope that supernatural intervention and divine virtues will help China where politics have failed.

Japan can help China back on its feet.

"America can help China back on its feet," Hooper said softly.

It contains "no consideration about helping China's military," he said.

"And we need all the support we can get to help China through this difficult period."

Israel has helped China with the avionics for a fighter aircraft it is developing.

A preface says the rules are intended to help China's "opening up" to the outside world.

And if Beijing won, it could help push China toward more openness, more tolerance.

If google did really want to help China they wouldn't have done exactly what antagonises negotiations.