Jim Farmer returns from China and provides an evaluation of the country's developing cable industry and its technological state. Xi an in the central region and Shanghai on the southeast coast. Despite China s drive for self-sufficiency, it attempts to do as much as it can internally, in standards and equipment manufacturing. An example of this is amplifiers, which are generated internally and geared for its market. As a practical matter, however, China is not able to meet all of its needs internally, so it imports some equipment, such as set-tops and optical equipment.
China is hungry for technical information.
Fibre optics, data, digital video, and so on, are all technologies it seeks to develop. This need opens a window of opportunity for foreign consultants and investors. A transitioning nation China appears to be somewhat confusing. The nation is changing so fast that not all parties seem to know what the others are doing. For much of recorded history, China has led the world in culture, science and technology.