I notice that talk concerning charging members of the PLA's cyber espionage brigade with a crime has died away completely - I've heard nothing since the story first broke, which maybe suggests one of the options I saw materializing, ie Obama et al going quiet and hoping that China views this as the capitulation it is and just moving on, is indeed possibly in play. We'll see - but understand just because there's no dust being stirred up doesn't mean bodies aren't being stomped into the dirt - in other words, silence equals Obama's capitulation or an acknowledgement that it was nothing more than theatrics which amounts either way to yet another perceptual victory over American power by its 'enemies'. That's not good.
[update: just read some Obama official saying they do intend to push forward with charges - we'll see - we all know Obama feels shallow gestures, lofty rhetoric and 'reaching out' with humble - apologetic - hand is smart foreign policy and pushing forward with these charges will decidedly not fit any of those descriptions, the Chinese will make sure of that - so we'll see]
[update: just read some Obama official saying they do intend to push forward with charges - we'll see - we all know Obama feels shallow gestures, lofty rhetoric and 'reaching out' with humble - apologetic - hand is smart foreign policy and pushing forward with these charges will decidedly not fit any of those descriptions, the Chinese will make sure of that - so we'll see]