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Politics : Did Slick Boink Monica? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: username who wrote (47)	1/22/1998 2:58:00 PM
From: Jurgen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20981

Pete, i don't expect too much from China as long as the political system is stable. And i won't expect nothing when the political system becomes unstable. But then.. So China is looooong-term, maybe too long for me. I've been there twice as a consultant for a german company and, by accident, met a chinese internet-user (a year ago). If my memory serves me right he said: - the only ISP is federal - expect to be examined and closely monitored by the secret service when you apply for an internet account - fill out dozens of useless forms - pay a fee that equals the average monthly income - a low end pc costs around 10 times annual average income - do not visit american or european websites other than strictly business-related - all downloads are monitored He used it for business emails, nothing else. Maybe things have already changed, what do i know? Anyway, Wallstreet is not very impressed so far. Down 4.3% fivespeed