His thoughts on China were almost equally discouraging. I do not understand it at all. All the economic statistics are science fiction. Speakers at a panel discussion noted that, during the late 1990s, media attention focused on Asia's attempt to catch up to the West, which seemingly had a head start in Internet development. Asia, however, has now surpassed the United States in some areas, particularly wireless.
Research shows that Asia is indeed experiencing dramatic Internet growth.
Asia's Internet users are conservatively projected to increase to 59 million by 2002. At the moment, Japan, China and South Korea now have 20 percent of the global cellular market. That's not the way it's going to be. There are lot of opportunities in China, but also a lot of problems. The information you receive on-line from AsianWeek is protected by the copyright laws of the United States.