Online Superpowers

The world's biggest country and the world's biggest search engine are locked in a testy, public spat over the type of Internet experience that China's 1.3 billion people will have. For the Chinese government, it's about keeping tabs on dissidents and placing limits on what citizens car see online. For Google, it's about freedom of information and not having some of its services vandalized. Caught in the middle are dissidents unhappy with China's government, but able to communicate through GMail and other Google services.

This Medianote is based on a National Public Radio report.