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Internet Guide for China Studies Newsletter
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12.11.1998

New in IGCS - Internet in China:

PRC Internet: Cheaper, More Popular And More Chinese

Ed./Corp.: U.S. Embassy Beijing, China, Oct. 1998
URL: http://www.usembassy-china.gov/english/sandt/Inetcawb.htm
Language: English.
Self description: "Summary: Chinese efforts to popularize and boost the
Chinese language presence on the Internet through a low-cost domestic-only
service, a convenient non-registration Internet service added to the
telephone bill, and increased Chinese language content will likely push the
total number of Chinese users to over 5 million by the year 2000. [...] The
PRC government strives to assure China’s place in what it sees as the
coming global 'information-based economy' by promoting information
networks. [...]"
Included are the following appendixes: (1) Chinese Search Engines and Web
Sites; (2) June 1998 Internet Survey by the China Internet Information
Center; (3) "The Knowledge-Based Economy" (summary of a People’s Daily
article, October 10, 1998).

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With kind regards,

Hanno Lecher ([log in to unmask])

INTERNET GUIDE FOR CHINA STUDIES -- editor
http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/

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