Hilary Clinton wears the pants on Internet freedom

I love how politicians are able to spit in the faces of their opponents and really any one they disagree with and do it without mentioning any names...very tactful. Anyway, the politician I am talking about is Hillary Clinton with her now famous Global Internet Freedom Speech. She basically called China out on its censorship of Google, which was pretty clever because she was able to do it without saying China or fascism or communist. However, it appears that the Chinese government is not that dumb because they released a statement saying that relationships between China and the US have declined because the US is trying to impose its "information imperialism" on Chinese citizens. This statement amused me to the point of confusion, therefore I Googled imperialism to make sure I was reading that correctly.

Imperialism : The policy of extending a nation's authority by territorial acquisition or by the establishment of economic and political hegemony over other nations.

Information and imperialism are two words that DO NOT go together. Information is something that every nation wants and that is eagerly sought by everyone. So how can anyone impose information imperialism? It seems to me that China is living in the past and is desperately trying to cling to the idea that it is possible and acceptable to censor information to its citizens. Even if they manage to to censor a person for most of their lives, with the interconnectedness of the world market these days it is almost impossible for a Chinese citizen to leave the country on work and completely avoid the wealth of information that awaits them just outside of Communist China's borders.