We will probably know soon enough if said talks get underway according to the Times they will be in the coming days and weeks.

On a related note, the Wall Street Journal has spotted that Google is showing ads on search results related to the situation that point to the companys official blog post that announced its decision to stop censoring search results in China. I guess thats the best way to make sure the true source turns up no matter what combination of related keywords are used to search for information on the matter I wonder what that says about the SEO vs PPC debate? On yet another related note, security Vendor FSecure says that the cyber attacks that kicked this whole thing into motion are now targeting United States defense contractors Via NetworkWorld. The firm says malicious PDFs under the guise of official Department of Defense documents were sent to them.