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To: kemble s. matter who wrote (89607)	1/20/1999 11:16:00 AM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

<Dell-China> Dell wins Xinhua order. HeeeeeeeHaaaaaaw! Hi Kemble: But wait........how'bout this coach? XINHUA NEWS AGENCY USING DELL COMPUTERS CHINA, January 20, AsiaPort -- In the later half of 1998, Dell succeeded in the public bidding on Xinhua's PC for new compiling system, after being examed by experts and going through professional test. Xinhua New Agency thus become Dell's user. Dell Computer Inc, forerunner of world's computer direct sales began its direct sales business and technology service in nine big cities in China since August 1998, and established Service Center for Chinese Users in Xiamen last November. By the end of November 1 1998, its earnings has reached US$ 16.8 billion, ranking 125th in the listed 500 companies in the American Magazine "Fortune".

To: kemble s. matter who wrote (89607)	1/21/1999 10:18:00 AM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

China's Internet population triples in 1998. Hi Kemble: Here is some good news from China,and Oh you know about DELL winning the Xinhua order,right? ========================================= Tuesday January 19 China's Internet population tripled in 1998 Users complain of slow speed, cost and lack of Chinese-language information By Terho Uimonen - TAIPEI China's Internet user base more than tripled in 1998, in spite of widespread complaints about high access costs and scarcity of Chinese-language content on the Web, the online version of the country's official English-language daily newspaper reported today. The world's most populous country had 2.1 million [M] Internet users at the end of 1998, up from 670,000 in 1997, the China Daily report said, citing statistics released over the weekend by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC). Internet usage in China has been growing at a phenomenal rate in the last two years, albeit from a relatively small base compared to the country's 1.2 billion [B] population. China's Internet users numbered 1.175 million [M] by the end of June 1998, the CNNIC reported in July last year. Although growing numbers of Chinese are getting online, many of them are also voicing complaints about the current state of the Internet in China, the China Daily report said. As many as 92 percent of the 22,177 users surveyed by the CNNIC in December complained about slow transmission speeds, expensive access fees and the lack of Chinese-language information on the Internet, the report said. The CNNIC, in Beijing, can be reached via the World Wide Web at cnnic.net.cn.