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To: John Rieman who wrote (24907)	11/6/1997 12:42:00 PM
From: DiViT	Respond to of 50808

Is China doing their own DVD decoders?.... CHINA SUCCEEDS IN MANUFACTURING DVD PLAYERS ÿ 11/06/97 Xinhua News Agency - CEIS (Copyright 1997) ÿ NANJING (CEIS) -- THE ZHENJIANG-BASED JIANGKUI GROUP HAS RECENTLY SUCCEEDED IN MANUFACTURING DVD PLAYERS WITH HOME-MADE CORE. IT INDICATES THAT CHINA HAS MADE SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS IN MANUFACTURING FULL DIGITAL HIGH CAPACITY INFORMATION AUDIO AND VIDEO FREQUENCY DEMODULATION TECHNOLOGY AND PRODUCTS. THE JIANGKUI GROUP WILL PUT THE DVD PLAYER INTO MASS PRODUCTION TOWARD THE END OF THIS YEAR. MOST OF THEM WILL BE EXPORTED TO THE UNITED STATES, WHILE A FEW WILL BE SOLD ON THE DOMESTIC MARKET, AT A PRICE NO MORE THAN 4,000 YUAN (482 U.S. DOLLARS). THE JIANGKUI GROUP IN ZHENJIANG CITY, JIANGSU PROVINCE, WHICH ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR TACKLING KEY DVD PLAYER TECHNOLOGICAL PROBLEMS, HAS SO FAR INVESTED MORE THAN 43 MILLION YUAN IN THE PROJECT.