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Analysis: IT Strengths & Weakness
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Chinese government perceives the
Internet as a cheap and effective communication tool beneficial for businesses
and educational institutions. However, it is still trying to control the
access to the Internet because of its pornographic, religious, and political
content and its "corrupting" influence on the Chinese youth. Chinese government
fears of political attacks against its current government. The governmental
barriers along with the poor telecommunication infrastructure in China
seem to be the major reasons why China is behind in its usage of the Net,
compared to the US and the European countries.
Internet hosts: China has 3,500,00 computer hosts. Among them,
410,000 are connected through leased lines and are connected through dial-up
connections. China also has 8,900,000 internet users. Among them, 1,090,000
are through leased line connections, are dial-up users and 1,150,000 use
both.
Domain names registered in the top-level domain "CN":
| |
AC |
COM |
EDU |
GOV |
NET |
ORG |
AADN |
| Number |
500 |
38,776 |
731 |
2,479 |
3,753 |
940 |
1,516 |
Source: SemiAnnual Survey Report On Internet Development In China (2000.1)13
Web sites: China has 15,153 websites (approximate). Total bankwidth
of leased international connections is 351M. Countries directly interconnected
to China include the United States, Canada, Australia, Britain, Germany,
France, Japan, South Korea. Etc 13.
China is among the countries concerned about the content of the Net.
Up till now, it has prohibited the publication of political secrets and
pornographic contents. Chinese officials blocked access to 100 sites in
the multi media section of the World Wide Web (WWW). The prohibition included
American newspapers, Tebetan exiles, the Taiwanese government, Playboy
and the Economist. This suggests that besides political and pornographic
issues the Chinese government is also concerned about economic issues and
ideas
that would be detrimental to the Chinese citizens.
According to the requirements of the State Council of China, the Ministry
of Information Industry is the only whole authority in China to have the
right of running and opening telecommunication and issuing agent license.
Up to date, very limited companies in China have got such agent license,
especially difficult for multi-provinces license.
Internet Service Providers:
| Internet Service Providers |
Introduction |
Cost and Highlight |
| ChinaNet |
ChinaNet is operated and managed by the MPT, which uses
CHINAPAC, CHINADDN, PSTN as basic networks to further develop the Internet
in china. |
Basic rate: 600 RMB($73) for 40 hours/month |
| China Unicom |
China Unicom was formed by MEI, MOR, and MEP as the second
nertwork operator. |
It is the main competitor of ChinaNet |
| Jitong |
Jitong Co.Ltd registered in the State Bureau for the Administration
of Industry and Commerce with 27 shareholders from maior communicationd
enterprises. |
It has been granted as the owner of the Golden Bridge Project
by the State Council. the Golden Bridge Network is the national public
economic information network and a cross century information project. |
| China Internet Corp. |
CIC is a subsidiary of China's Xinhua News Agency, it uses
the Xinhua News Agency Internet inside china as a backbone. |
CICNet |
| Beijing internet Development Center |
It offer: PPP Access, Domain name registration, Eail, Web
page design, information promotion on the Internet and in house set up
and training. |
N/A |
| CENPOK Intercom Techology Ltd. |
It was established with investment form CENPOK Human resources
Ltd. and a subsidiary of CCTV. |
It offers 28.8 Kbps modem service and full range of Internet
services. |
| Eastnet China Ltd. |
It is a cooperative joint venture with the Ministry of
Communications. |
It primarily offers Internet services to corporate customers
and wish to target companies interested in developing their own Intranets. |
| Great Trend Internet Service |
It was created by Shenzhen Securities Information Co, Ltd.,
shenzhen PRC. |
Securities information serivce: 500 RMB($61)/month.
Real-time quotes: RMB100($12)/month
History trading data: RMB5000($588) per copy |
| Internet Commercial networks, Ltd |
ICNet, formerly called Internatioanl United Online Ltd. |
It offers email, Internet access,a nd home page design. |
| IYOUNet |
http://www.iyou.co.cn |
|
| KeWang |
http://www.kw.ac.cn/xinxi/main.htm |
|
| Netchina InfoTech Co.Ltd |
It was founded by a group of Qinghua University graduates
with some 10 million RMB ($1.2 million) from a variety of Chiness investors. |
Its network operation center is one of the best wquipped
in China. |
| UNINET |
http://www.uninet.co.cn/ |
Dial-up service: |
| MidWest |
http://www.midwest.co.cn |
Email, Telnet, FTP, Gopher, Archie, Talk, Newsgroup. |
| WebLeader Computer System (Beijing) Ltd. |
http://www.webleader.co.cn |
it offers web page design and content development, authoring
and enhancement serivces, and professional E-mail services. |
| zhuhai DeYin Internet Limited |
http://www.deyin.com |
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