So were the minds of a whole generation of China's best and brightest. Slowly, in the late 1970s, after the death of Mao and the beginning of the economic reforms of Deng, the universities began to re-open. Funding was scarce. China had fallen behind the times. Nevertheless, Deng recognized that technology was the key to China's rebirth.
Modification becomes transformation.
Alice fell through the looking glass into a strange and wonderful world. At least she knew it was a different world. One of the most amazing things about the Internet is its ability to penetrate a vast country and reach deep into the lives of its people. Wherever there is electricity or a telephone line, there is the ability to be hooked up and plugged in to the whole world. In the West the process is redefining life, business and our understanding of our economy.