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[[China's online games industry develops rapidly ]]</div>130.115.190.93https://www.scenariothinking.org/index.php?title=China%27s_online_games_industry_develops_rapidly&diff=12494China's online games industry develops rapidly2004-11-29T17:20:16Z<p>130.115.190.93: </p>
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<div>SHANGHAI, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- China has become one of the regions that boast fastest growth in the online games industry in the world after 10 year's development, said Yu Yongzhan, deputy director of the Press and Publication Administration of China.<br />
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China now has 13.8 million online game players compared with zero 10 years ago, indicating it has a great market potential, said Yu, while addressing a forum of the second China international digital entertainment expo (ChinaJoy) in Shanghai on Monday.<br />
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The number of online game players grew from 8.4 million in 2002 to 13.8 million in 2003, a year-on-year increase of 63.8 percent, while the sales income increased from 910 million yuan (109 million US dollars) to 1.32 billion yuan (159 million dollars), up 45.8 percent, according to Yu.<br />
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Foreign participants to the forum said North America, Australia and Europe had been the major markets for online games, but China was emerging as a promising growth market due to its 200 million young people.<br />
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Industry insiders forecast the market potential of online game industry in China would reach 9.3 billion yuan in value by 2006.<br />
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[[China's online games industry develops rapidly ]]</div>130.115.190.93https://www.scenariothinking.org/index.php?title=Shanghai_Telecom_expands_into_online_gaming_business&diff=12493Shanghai Telecom expands into online gaming business2004-11-29T17:11:51Z<p>130.115.190.93: </p>
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<div>Shanghai Telecom Co. has unveiled a wholly invested unit to make a fray into the online gaming business, the Shanghai Morning Post reported. The company also announced that the first game it will deputize is in testing. The new unit indicates Shanghai Telecom's key expansion of business from telecom operation to game content, industry analysts said, adding it will help boost its revenue sources as well. Earlier, Shanghai Telecom handled the game sector only in supportive services as in providing broadband access, platforms and servers to game operators.<br />
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Since China's open-door policy was initiated in late 1978, there has been rapid increase in the numbers of foreign investors and foreign capital flows to China. The growing trend of foreign investment has been magnified by the improvement of economic circumstances and market-oriented economic development. The economic growth has continuously spurred the demand for information and data. As a result, the strong development of telecommunications and IT industries have also created dramatic growth of Internet use in China.<br />
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As a result of the growth, China's Internet community has multiplied 128 times in a little more than six years.<br />
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There are now about 80 million netizens in the country, a drastic jump from the 620,000 users recorded in 1997, the China Internet Network Information Centre (CNNIC)'s latest report shows. The number grew to 79.5 million by the end of December 2003.<br />
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About 11.5 million new users were recorded in the second half of last year, a growth higher than the 8.9 million recorded in the first six months of 2003. Although large in size, the current number is only 6.2 percent of the country's total population.<br />
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'''Inhibitors:'''<br />
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The Internet in China is filtered. Chinese citizens know about filtering only through gossip, or when they discover that certain sensitive Web sites are consistently reported to be unavailable on the otherwise-functioning network. Related research done by Harvard Law School found that a range of sites covering dozens of topical categories to be filtered, including dissident and democracy sites, sites covering public health and HIV, sites about religion, Tibet, Taiwan and the home pages of many institutions of higher learning around the world. Within this broad range, apart from pornography, there are also news sites. China regularly blocks the online sites of BBC, CNN, Times, PBS, The Miami Herald, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. However this restrictive attitude does not seem as a big threat over the growth of internet in growing China. A number of hackers had already entered the cat-and-mouse game of helping users bypass government Internet filters through proxy services.<br />
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This driving force creates new governmental, technological, societal and global paradigms that will affect the future of internet. <br />
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''-Political:''<br />
Chinese Government decided to develop a new control structure and improve its long-term mechanism to combat Internet pornography by creating the role of the China Internet Association.<br />
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''-Technological:''<br />
Telephone and communication services in China are expected to be expanded using internet.<br />
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''-Societal:''<br />
Internet has an influential role in China's public life. As per research results, about one-fifth of Chinese netizens regularly use the bulletin board systems (BBS), the most politically active place in Chinese cyberspace. The BBS provides unprecedented opportunities for Chinese netizens to engage in public affairs. In 2003, there were more than half a dozen of those online uprising events. This online communication has had a significant impact on Chinese society because there is still no systematic way for the public to participate in and express opinion about policy and social issues. <br />
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''-Global:''<br />
China is expected to become the world's largest Internet and information economy, surpassing the United States.<br />
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'''Experts:'''<br />
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[[Edward Tian- China Netcom Corp.'s chief executive]]<br />
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Late 1978- China's open-door policy was initiated.<br />
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1989- Student Movement for Democracy<br />
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1995- China's total sales of computer products hit 7 billion US dollars - 51% up from the previous year.<br />
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1996- The total number of installed phones in China reached 61.55 million with 5.47 phones for every 100 people. The networks in China have covered more than 2,000 cities.<br />
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September 1996- The government announced that it had successfully blocked some 100 sites from abroad, including those of major Western newspapers, human-rights organizations, Chinese and Tibetan activists <br />
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End of 1996- 120,000 of China's 1.2 billion residents were using the Internet.<br />
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2004- There are 80 million netizens in the country.<br />
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[[China Unicom to open 3,000 Internet cafes- World IT Report 2004]]<br />
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[http://www.xinhau.com China Economic Growth]<br />
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[[World Bank Report]]</div>130.115.190.93https://www.scenariothinking.org/index.php?title=Economic_Growth_in_China&diff=991Economic Growth in China2004-11-29T16:57:13Z<p>130.115.190.93: </p>
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Since China's open-door policy was initiated in late 1978, there has been rapid increase in the numbers of foreign investors and foreign capital flows to China. The growing trend of foreign investment has been magnified by the improvement of economic circumstances and market-oriented economic development. The economic growth has continuously spurred the demand for information and data. As a result, the strong development of telecommunications and IT industries have also created dramatic growth of Internet use in China.<br />
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'''Enablers:'''<br />
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As a result of the growth, China's Internet community has multiplied 128 times in a little more than six years.<br />
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There are now about 80 million netizens in the country, a drastic jump from the 620,000 users recorded in 1997, the China Internet Network Information Centre (CNNIC)'s latest report shows. The number grew to 79.5 million by the end of December 2003.<br />
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About 11.5 million new users were recorded in the second half of last year, a growth higher than the 8.9 million recorded in the first six months of 2003. Although large in size, the current number is only 6.2 percent of the country's total population.<br />
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'''Inhibitors:'''<br />
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The Internet in China is filtered. Chinese citizens know about filtering only through gossip, or when they discover that certain sensitive Web sites are consistently reported to be unavailable on the otherwise-functioning network. Related research done by Harvard Law School found that a range of sites covering dozens of topical categories to be filtered, including dissident and democracy sites, sites covering public health and HIV, sites about religion, Tibet, Taiwan and the home pages of many institutions of higher learning around the world. Within this broad range, apart from pornography, there are also news sites. China regularly blocks the online sites of BBC, CNN, Times, PBS, The Miami Herald, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. However this restrictive attitude does not seem as a big threat over the growth of internet in growing China. A number of hackers had already entered the cat-and-mouse game of helping users bypass government Internet filters through proxy services.<br />
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'''Paradigms:'''<br />
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This driving force creates new governmental, technological, societal and global paradigms that will affect the future of internet. <br />
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''-Political:''<br />
Chinese Government decided to develop a new control structure and improve its long-term mechanism to combat Internet pornography by creating the role of the China Internet Association.<br />
<br />
''-Technological:''<br />
Telephone and communication services in China are expected to be expanded using internet.<br />
<br />
''-Societal:''<br />
Internet has an influential role in China's public life. As per research results, about one-fifth of Chinese netizens regularly use the bulletin board systems (BBS), the most politically active place in Chinese cyberspace. The BBS provides unprecedented opportunities for Chinese netizens to engage in public affairs. In 2003, there were more than half a dozen of those online uprising events. This online communication has had a significant impact on Chinese society because there is still no systematic way for the public to participate in and express opinion about policy and social issues. <br />
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''-Global:''<br />
China is expected to become the world's largest Internet and information economy, surpassing the United States.<br />
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'''Experts:'''<br />
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[[Edward Tian- China Netcom Corp.'s chief executive]]<br />
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'''Timing:'''<br />
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Late 1978- China's open-door policy was initiated.<br />
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1989- Student Movement for Democracy<br />
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1995- China's total sales of computer products hit 7 billion US dollars - 51% up from the previous year.<br />
<br />
1996- The total number of installed phones in China reached 61.55 million with 5.47 phones for every 100 people. The networks in China have covered more than 2,000 cities.<br />
<br />
September 1996- The government announced that it had successfully blocked some 100 sites from abroad, including those of major Western newspapers, human-rights organizations, Chinese and Tibetan activists <br />
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End of 1996- 120,000 of China's 1.2 billion residents were using the Internet.<br />
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2004- There are 80 million netizens in the country.<br />
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'''Web Resources:'''<br />
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[[China Unicom to open 3,000 Internet cafes- World IT Report 2004]]<br />
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[http://www.xinhau.com China Economic Growth]<br />
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[[World Bank Report]]<br />
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Since China's open-door policy was initiated in late 1978, there has been rapid increase in the numbers of foreign investors and foreign capital flows to China. The growing trend of foreign investment has been magnified by the improvement of economic circumstances and market-oriented economic development. The economic growth has continuously spurred the demand for information and data. As a result, the strong development of telecommunications and IT industries have also created dramatic growth of Internet use in China.<br />
<br />
'''Enablers:'''<br />
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As a result of the growth, China's Internet community has multiplied 128 times in a little more than six years.<br />
<br />
There are now about 80 million netizens in the country, a drastic jump from the 620,000 users recorded in 1997, the China Internet Network Information Centre (CNNIC)'s latest report shows. The number grew to 79.5 million by the end of December 2003.<br />
<br />
About 11.5 million new users were recorded in the second half of last year, a growth higher than the 8.9 million recorded in the first six months of 2003. Although large in size, the current number is only 6.2 percent of the country's total population.<br />
<br />
'''Inhibitors:'''<br />
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The Internet in China is filtered. Chinese citizens know about filtering only through gossip, or when they discover that certain sensitive Web sites are consistently reported to be unavailable on the otherwise-functioning network. Related research done by Harvard Law School found that a range of sites covering dozens of topical categories to be filtered, including dissident and democracy sites, sites covering public health and HIV, sites about religion, Tibet, Taiwan and the home pages of many institutions of higher learning around the world. Within this broad range, apart from pornography, there are also news sites. China regularly blocks the online sites of BBC, CNN, Times, PBS, The Miami Herald, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. However this restrictive attitude does not seem as a big threat over the growth of internet in growing China. A number of hackers had already entered the cat-and-mouse game of helping users bypass government Internet filters through proxy services.<br />
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'''Paradigms:'''<br />
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This driving force creates new governmental, technological, societal and global paradigms that will affect the future of internet. <br />
<br />
''-Political:''<br />
Chinese Government decided to develop a new control structure and improve its long-term mechanism to combat Internet pornography by creating the role of the China Internet Association.<br />
<br />
''-Technological:''<br />
Telephone and communication services in China are expected to be expanded using internet.<br />
<br />
''-Societal:''<br />
Internet has an influential role in China's public life. As per research results, about one-fifth of Chinese netizens regularly use the bulletin board systems (BBS), the most politically active place in Chinese cyberspace. The BBS provides unprecedented opportunities for Chinese netizens to engage in public affairs. In 2003, there were more than half a dozen of those online uprising events. This online communication has had a significant impact on Chinese society because there is still no systematic way for the public to participate in and express opinion about policy and social issues. <br />
<br />
''-Global:''<br />
China is expected to become the world's largest Internet and information economy, surpassing the United States.<br />
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'''Experts:'''<br />
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[[Edward Tian- China Netcom Corp.'s chief executive]]<br />
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'''Timing:'''<br />
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Late 1978- China's open-door policy was initiated.<br />
<br />
1989- Student Movement for Democracy<br />
<br />
1995- China's total sales of computer products hit 7 billion US dollars - 51% up from the previous year.<br />
<br />
1996- The total number of installed phones in China reached 61.55 million with 5.47 phones for every 100 people. The networks in China have covered more than 2,000 cities.<br />
<br />
September 1996- The government announced that it had successfully blocked some 100 sites from abroad, including those of major Western newspapers, human-rights organizations, Chinese and Tibetan activists <br />
<br />
End of 1996- 120,000 of China's 1.2 billion residents were using the Internet.<br />
<br />
2004- There are 80 million netizens in the country.<br />
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'''Web Resources:'''<br />
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[[China Unicom to open 3,000 Internet cafes- World IT Report 2004]]<br />
<br />
[http://www.xinhau.com China Economic Growth]<br />
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[[World Bank Report]]</div>130.115.190.93https://www.scenariothinking.org/index.php?title=E-Tailing&diff=987E-Tailing2004-11-29T16:40:16Z<p>130.115.190.93: </p>
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Since China's open-door policy was initiated in late 1978, there has been rapid increase in the numbers of foreign investors and foreign capital flows to China. The growing trend of foreign investment has been magnified by the improvement of economic circumstances and market-oriented economic development. The economic growth has continuously spurred the demand for information and data. As a result, the strong development of telecommunications and IT industries have also created dramatic growth of Internet use in China.<br />
<br />
'''Enablers:'''<br />
<br />
As a result of the growth, China's Internet community has multiplied 128 times in a little more than six years.<br />
<br />
There are now about 80 million netizens in the country, a drastic jump from the 620,000 users recorded in 1997, the China Internet Network Information Centre (CNNIC)'s latest report shows. The number grew to 79.5 million by the end of December 2003.<br />
<br />
About 11.5 million new users were recorded in the second half of last year, a growth higher than the 8.9 million recorded in the first six months of 2003. Although large in size, the current number is only 6.2 percent of the country's total population.<br />
<br />
'''Inhibitors:'''<br />
<br />
The Internet in China is filtered. Chinese citizens know about filtering only through gossip, or when they discover that certain sensitive Web sites are consistently reported to be unavailable on the otherwise-functioning network. Related research done by Harvard Law School found that a range of sites covering dozens of topical categories to be filtered, including dissident and democracy sites, sites covering public health and HIV, sites about religion, Tibet, Taiwan and the home pages of many institutions of higher learning around the world. Within this broad range, apart from pornography, there are also news sites. China regularly blocks the online sites of BBC, CNN, Times, PBS, The Miami Herald, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. However this restrictive attitude does not seem as a big threat over the growth of internet in growing China. A number of hackers had already entered the cat-and-mouse game of helping users bypass government Internet filters through proxy services.<br />
<br />
'''Paradigms:'''<br />
<br />
This driving force creates new governmental, technological, societal and global paradigms that will affect the future of internet. <br />
<br />
''-Political:''<br />
Chinese Government decided to develop a new control structure and improve its long-term mechanism to combat Internet pornography by creating the role of the China Internet Association.<br />
<br />
''-Technological:''<br />
Telephone and communication services in China are expected to be expanded using internet.<br />
<br />
''-Societal:''<br />
Internet has an influential role in China's public life. As per research results, about one-fifth of Chinese netizens regularly use the bulletin board systems (BBS), the most politically active place in Chinese cyberspace. The BBS provides unprecedented opportunities for Chinese netizens to engage in public affairs. In 2003, there were more than half a dozen of those online uprising events. This online communication has had a significant impact on Chinese society because there is still no systematic way for the public to participate in and express opinion about policy and social issues. <br />
<br />
''-Global:''<br />
China is expected to become the world's largest Internet and information economy, surpassing the United States.<br />
<br />
'''Experts:'''<br />
<br />
[[Edward Tian- China Netcom Corp.'s chief executive]]<br />
<br />
'''Timing:'''<br />
<br />
Late 1978- China's open-door policy was initiated.<br />
<br />
1989- Student Movement for Democracy<br />
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1995- China's total sales of computer products hit 7 billion US dollars - 51% up from the previous year.<br />
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1996- The total number of installed phones in China reached 61.55 million with 5.47 phones for every 100 people. The networks in China have covered more than 2,000 cities.<br />
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September 1996- The government announced that it had successfully blocked some 100 sites from abroad, including those of major Western newspapers, human-rights organizations, Chinese and Tibetan activists <br />
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End of 1996- 120,000 of China's 1.2 billion residents were using the Internet.<br />
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2004- There are 80 million netizens in the country.<br />
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'''Web Resources:'''<br />
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[[China Unicom to open 3,000 Internet cafes- World IT Report 2004]]<br />
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[http://www.xinhau.com China Economic Growth]<br />
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[[World Bank Report]]<br />
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1 Description:<br />
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2 Enablers:<br />
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3 Inhibitors:<br />
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4 Paradigms:<br />
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5 Experts:<br />
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6 Timing:<br />
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7 Web Resources:<br />
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[edit] Description:<br />
E-commerce (business-to-business:B2B) is widely believed to promise a radical change in the way that companies trade with one another. B2B e-commerce applications are being promoted as tools that will enable companies in developing countries to reduce their costs substantially, thereby easing their access to global markets. The vision of B2B e-commerce is driven by a simple idea. The Internet provides an open global network and access to it is relatively cheap. Internet-based B2B e-commerce should help companies or governments in developing countries obtain better information on global markets and give them direct access to new customers. However, it is uncertain that e-commerce would reduce or extend the gap between rich and poor countries. <br />
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[edit]Enablers:<br />
Factors which strengthen this driving force. <br />
1. Technologies, such as wireless, XML <br />
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2. International aid <br />
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3. Low costs <br />
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[edit]Inhibitors:<br />
Factors which weaken this driving force. (these are actually other driving forces, and you can link to them in the wiki!)<br />
1. Physical or institutional infrastructure <br />
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2. Low awareness levels of managers or goverment administrators <br />
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3. Culture: the preferences for traditional forms of communication <br />
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4. The difficulties of establishing the quality standards of projects using electronic means of communication <br />
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[edit]Paradigms:<br />
Old: The power of global buyers, rich countries. <br />
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New: A radical shift in the way in which companies or governments trade with each other. New and cheap access to global markets are available. <br />
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[edit]Experts:<br />
Sources for additional information about this driving force. (if you have found people, put the links to them) <br />
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[edit]Timing:<br />
Dates for key milestones in the development of the driving force. <br />
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[edit]Web Resources:<br />
E-Commerce for Developing Countries: impact, obstacles and polices (http://www.gapresearch.org/production/ecommerce.html) <br />
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[[Internet Tax]]<br />
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[[Electronic Government]]<br />
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[[Economic Growth in China]] <br />
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[[Control of the Internet]]<br />
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[[Global Terrorism]]<br />
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<div>[[E-commerce in developing countries]]<br />
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[[Digital Literacy]]<br />
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[[Internal consumption in US]]<br />
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[[Economic Growth in China]] <br />
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[[Crisis of the capitalism]]<br />
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[[Information Markets & Gambling]]<br />
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[[Energy crisis in Asia]]<br />
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[[E-Tailing]]<br />
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<div>'''Table of contents:''' <br />
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1 Description:<br />
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2 Enablers:<br />
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3 Inhibitors:<br />
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4 Paradigms:<br />
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5 Experts:<br />
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6 Timing:<br />
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7 Web Resources:<br />
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'''Description:'''<br />
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Since China's open-door policy was initiated in late 1978, there has been rapid increase in the numbers of foreign investors and foreign capital flows to China. The growing trend of foreign investment has been magnified by the improvement of economic circumstances and market-oriented economic development. The economic growth has continuously spurred the demand for information and data. As a result, the strong development of telecommunications and IT industries have also created dramatic growth of Internet use in China.<br />
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'''Enablers:'''<br />
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As a result of the growth, China's Internet community has multiplied 128 times in a little more than six years.<br />
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There are now about 80 million netizens in the country, a drastic jump from the 620,000 users recorded in 1997, the China Internet Network Information Centre (CNNIC)'s latest report shows. The number grew to 79.5 million by the end of December 2003.<br />
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About 11.5 million new users were recorded in the second half of last year, a growth higher than the 8.9 million recorded in the first six months of 2003. Although large in size, the current number is only 6.2 percent of the country's total population.<br />
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'''Inhibitors:'''<br />
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The Internet in China is filtered. Chinese citizens know about filtering only through gossip, or when they discover that certain sensitive Web sites are consistently reported to be unavailable on the otherwise-functioning network. Related research done by Harvard Law School found that a range of sites covering dozens of topical categories to be filtered, including dissident and democracy sites, sites covering public health and HIV, sites about religion, Tibet, Taiwan and the home pages of many institutions of higher learning around the world. Within this broad range, apart from pornography, there are also news sites. China regularly blocks the online sites of BBC, CNN, Times, PBS, The Miami Herald, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. However this restrictive attitude does not seem as a big threat over the growth of internet in growing China. A number of hackers had already entered the cat-and-mouse game of helping users bypass government Internet filters through proxy services.<br />
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'''Paradigms:'''<br />
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This driving force creates new governmental, technological, societal and global paradigms that will affect the future of internet. <br />
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''-Political:''<br />
Chinese Government decided to develop a new control structure and improve its long-term mechanism to combat Internet pornography by creating the role of the China Internet Association.<br />
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''-Technological:''<br />
Telephone and communication services in China are expected to be expanded using internet.<br />
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''-Societal:''<br />
Internet has an influential role in China's public life. As per research results, about one-fifth of Chinese netizens regularly use the bulletin board systems (BBS), the most politically active place in Chinese cyberspace. The BBS provides unprecedented opportunities for Chinese netizens to engage in public affairs. In 2003, there were more than half a dozen of those online uprising events. This online communication has had a significant impact on Chinese society because there is still no systematic way for the public to participate in and express opinion about policy and social issues. <br />
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''-Global:''<br />
China is expected to become the world's largest Internet and information economy, surpassing the United States.<br />
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'''Experts:'''<br />
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[[Edward Tian- China Netcom Corp.'s chief executive]]<br />
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'''Timing:'''<br />
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Late 1978- China's open-door policy was initiated.<br />
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1989- Student Movement for Democracy<br />
<br />
1995- China's total sales of computer products hit 7 billion US dollars - 51% up from the previous year.<br />
<br />
1996- The total number of installed phones in China reached 61.55 million with 5.47 phones for every 100 people. The networks in China have covered more than 2,000 cities.<br />
<br />
September 1996- The government announced that it had successfully blocked some 100 sites from abroad, including those of major Western newspapers, human-rights organizations, Chinese and Tibetan activists <br />
<br />
End of 1996- 120,000 of China's 1.2 billion residents were using the Internet.<br />
<br />
2004- There are 80 million netizens in the country.<br />
<br />
'''Web Resources:'''<br />
<br />
[[China Unicom to open 3,000 Internet cafes- World IT Report 2004]]<br />
<br />
[http://www.xinhau.com China Economic Growth]<br />
<br />
[[World Bank Report]]<br />
<br />
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<div>[[E-commerce in developing countries]]<br />
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[[Digital Literacy]]<br />
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[[Internal consumption in US]]<br />
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[[Economic Growth in China]] ''by Eser Torun''<br />
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[[Crisis of the capitalism]]<br />
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[[Information Markets & Gambling]]<br />
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[[Energy crisis in Asia]]<br />
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[[E-Tailing]]<br />
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