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      "id": 101967,
      "date": "2000-08-14",
      "retrieved": "2016-05-24T20:34:14.097941",
      "title": "China's Internet Industry",
      "summary": "The Chinese Internet industry is one of the fastest growing in the world; the number of users is\nexpected to grow from 9 million to nearly 20 million in 2000 alone. Chinese scientific research\ninstitutes, the Chinese government, and Chinese high tech entrepreneurs, many of them backed by\nAmerican venture capital, have forged the development of the Internet in China. Upon its accession\nto the World Trade Organization (WTO), China has promised to open its telecommunications sector\nand Internet industry to much greater foreign investment and trade.\n  The government of the PRC (People's Republic of China) generally welcomes the Internet's\nusefulness in facilitating business transactions and academic research and in attracting foreign\ninvestment. However, many Chinese officials fear the Internet's liberalizing effects upon China's\neconomy and politics. They have resisted opening up the telecommunications sector and allowing\nelectronic information and communication to flow unimpeded. State companies monopolize the\nInternet service provider (ISP) market. The government attempts to restrict political uses of the\nInternet, though it has been unable to monitor and regulate all of the medium's activity. Some\nobservers suggest that the Ministry of Information Industry will continue to hinder private sector\nactivity and foreign investment in the Internet industry, despite China's accession to the WTO. This\nreport will be updated as warranted.",
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    "Foreign Affairs"
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