tony....some value to be had in this sector right now....
  hi tony
  didn't know if you had seen this yet....
  The largest ever Internet convention in China entitled "China Internet Conference &  Exhibition '99 (ChinaInet'99) " is to be held at the Beijing International Convention Center  May 18-20, 1999. 
  ChinaInet'99 is the very first Internet event hosted by the newly-formed Ministry of  Information Industry (MII) , P. R. China. MII will use this unique platform to deliver its  policy decisions, new regulations, and national Internet strategies for China. The event will  lead China's information economy into the 21st century by fostering communication  between the international Internet community, the Chinese Internet community,  government bodies, and multinational corporations. ChinaInet is also a showcase for the  latest Internet technology, products and solutions. The show expects to have 5,000  conference attendees and 50,000 exhibition attendees. 
  ChinaInet'99 will be attended by officials, executives and professionals from its State  council 22 component ministries and commissions and from agencies and organizations in  charge of information infrastructure in 30 provinces and municipalities such as provincial  Capital, Municipal, county, branch administrations and offices of telecommunications.  Present at the conference are also leading manufacturers, ISP, ICP in great numbers. 
  The exhibitors and sponsors by March 1st, 1999 include A-bone, Alcatel, Ascend, AT&T,  Businessweek, Computer Associates, Canadian Delegation, ChinaByte, Cisco, DaTang,  Extrope, Ericsson, Futac, Fujitsu, GDT, Hitachi, HP, Huawei, Hughes, IBM, Intel, KDD,  Legend, Lucent, MCI/Worldcom, Microsoft, NEC, Nokia, Nortel Networks, NTT, OMRON,  O'reilly, Panasonic, Philips, ShanghaiBell, Siemens, Start, Sun, Zhaodaole, ZTE, V-One and  Yahoo  
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  should make a little "positive" commotion
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