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Non-Tech : CAOL: The Chinese AOL and Internet Lottery -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Chisy who wrote (450)	6/29/1999 7:14:00 PM
From: BillHoo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 720

<<I just do not see how a country without freedom of the press will allow internet access. >> China has internet access, but it is not internet access as we know it. In tech circles it is contained by what is known as the Great Firewall of China. In reality, their internet is really a big Intranet wich limits access to the internet outside. However, there is a growing hacker population that has learned to pierce the firewall and there are rumours of people starting outlaw service and accessing wireless communications services to circumvent this. There should be enough internal intranet content to keep them busy for decades before they start to crave the real internet. -Bill_H