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Internet Guide for China Studies Newsletter
http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ignew.htm
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22 Apr 2001 (HL)

New in IGCS - Internet in China:

Kids, Cadres And "Cultists" All Love It: Growing Influence Of The Internet
In China

Ed./Corp.: USEST, U.S. Embassy Beijing, China, Mar 2001
URL: http://www.usembassy-china.org.cn/english/sandt/netoverview.html
Language: English.

Self description: "The Internet is revolutionizing the way Chinese
communicate and interact. Government and business leaders recognize the
medium as a key tool for economic reform, and encourage e-commerce and
information technology investment. Intellectuals, dissidents,
non-governmental groups -- and the Chinese government itself -- have all
embraced the Internet to spread information, ideas and opinions.
Authorities have reacted to limit "dangerous" content, and many are
deterred from writing or seeking out sensitive material. Many others,
however, see Beijing's efforts as speed bumps, not insurmountable barriers.
Even the Chinese press is finding the Internet an important tool for
circumventing otherwise tight controls. As China's market economy develops,
the Internet will almost certainly become a more important, positive force
in facilitating rights of Chinese users to be informed, and to be heard."

Description: "A Mar 2001 report from U.S. Embassy Beijing. A follow up on
Jan 2000 report "China's Internet 'Information Skirmish'"
(www.usembassy-china.org.cn/english/sandt/webwar.htm)" - TM Ciolek.

Site contents: (1) Internet Growth Quantified; (2) Who Uses the Net?; (3)
Internet Business Key to Growth; (4) Leadership Dilemma; (5) New
Regulations Ineffective; (6) Intellectuals and Dissidents Pile On; (7) Even
the Bible is Online; (8) It's Harder to Kill News Stories; (9) But Still No
Freedom of Speech or Press; (10) Government Using Internet to Reach the
People; (11) Promoting Rule of Law; (12) The Internet and China's
Commercial Expansion; (13) Conclusions.

Resource suggested via Asian Studies WWW Monitor (30 Mar 2001) by David
Cowhig, U.S. Embassy Beijing, China.

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With kind regards,

Hanno Lecher ([log in to unmask])

INTERNET GUIDE FOR CHINESE STUDIES -- editor
http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/

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