Although not directly related, a new development has added a layer of complexity (and perhaps humor) to the Google/China/censorship mess. Chinese President Hu Jintao has signed up for an account on what appears to be the state-run equivalent of Twitter. The relationship is not quite a direct one. The People's Daily is the official newspaper of the Communist Party of China, and the microblogging site in question is owned by the paper, not the Communist Party. Still,