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She smiled “You can handle it”
He pointed at Pau “Bringing hi is crazy, too”
“He’s your guide”
“We’re not part of whatever he’s after I doubt he’ll be much help”
“Since you know that, be ready”
He shook his head “I should be selling books”
“How’s your hip?”
“Sore”
“I need toat the pier’s end She’d told theo-between All she needed was a laptop, which Stephanie produced, and a satellite connection, which Ivan arranged
Cassiopeia balanced the co, and Malone held it in place He watched as she typed in an e-e
I HAVE BEEN READING THE THOUGHTS OF MAO, BUT CANNOT FIND HIS WORDS REGARDING UNITY COULD YOU HELP ME?
“That’s clever,” he said
He knew the Chinese censored the Internet, restricting access to search engines, blogs, chat rooms, any site that allowed open conversation They also eital content in and out of the country for anything suspicious They were in the process of creating their own intranet, solely for China, which would be far easier to regulate He’d read about the venture and its skyrocketing costs and technological challenges
“I found a copy of the The Little Red Book and worked out a code,” she said “The words of Mao would never arouse suspicion The neighbors said they would check constantly for any e”
Quotations fro—or, as the West labeled it, The Little Red Book—was the most printed book in history Nearly seven billion copies Once, every Chinese was required to carry one, and those editions noere valuable collector’s iteo, at the monthly book auction in Roskilde, for one of his customers
The laptop dinged with an incoe
IT IS THE DUTY OF THE CADRES AND THE PARTY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE WITHOUT THE PEOPLE’S INTERESTS CONSTANTLY AT HEART, THEIR WORK IS USELESS
She looked up at hi response Which means trouble”
“Can they clarify what’s going on?” Stephanie asked
She shook her head “Not without co themselves”
“She is correct,” Pau Wen said “I, too, use a si with friends in China The government watches cyberspace closely”
Malone handed the laptop back “We need to go But first I have to do so”
Ivan had been talking on the phone for the past fewaway from them Malone walked down the dock and, as the Russian ended his call, asked, “Anything you’re willing to tell us?”
“You do not like me much, do you?”
“I don’t know Try a new posture, different clothes, a diet, and a change in attitude and maybe our relationship will improve”
“I have job to do”
“So do I But you’reit difficult”
“I give you plane and way in”
“Viktor Where is he? I miss him”
“He is doing job, too”
“I need to know so, and for once tell me the truth”
Ivan stared back at him
“Is Viktor there to kill Karl Tang?”
“If opportunity arise, this will be good thing”
“And Sokolov? Is he there to kill him, too?”
“Not at all That one ant back”