jiejie

True, if the conversations are of the "Honey, I'm in Beijing, the Forbidden City is great but I came down with food poisoning..." variety, then there's no issue and nobody cares. But there is some value to other readers of this thread, who may not have knowledge of the general situation in China, to be cautioned that there are keywords that may trigger monitoring. Also, many people, no matter how innocuous their private conversations may be, just on principle don't like the idea of being spied on and prefer to avoid if they can. There is a certain thrill at being able to thumb one's nose at the Chinese governmental Net Nannies--it is great sport around here. I think most serious businesspeople already are well aware that Skype is not the medium one uses to discuss the Secret Corporate Plans with HQ back home.