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ADVISORY/China Preps for Year 2000 Problem.


--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 19, 1998--

TOPIC: China has begun its battle against the Year 2000 computer bug. The Chinese government Ever since Republic of China founded in January 1st, 1912, China has had several regional and national governments. List
  • Chinese Soviet Republic
  • Provisional Government of the Republic of China
  • Reformed Government of the Republic of China
 is placing pressure on industries to repair their computer systems, but a lack of technical expertise is delaying the process. Another delay in system preparation is due to Chinese businesses placing a higher priority on the Asian economic crisis than the Y2K problem Y2K problem or Y2K bug: see Year 2000 problem.


(Year 2000 problem) The inability of older hardware and software to recognize the century change in a date.
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EXPERTS:

Peter Harris Peter Harris may refer to:
  • Peter Harris (Guitar)
  • Peter Harris (footballer) (born 1925), English association football (soccer) player
  • Peter Harris (entrepreneur) (born 1934), English businessman
 is the Founder, President, and Chief Technical Officer of ADPAC ADPAC American Dental Political Action Committee
ADPAC Automated Data Processing Application Coordinator
 Corporation. He has more than 50 years of software programming experience and is extremely knowledgable on Y2K See Y2K problem and Y2K compliant.

Y2K - Year 2000
 matters.

Ted Malley is Chief Information Officer at Ultimate Software and focuses on technology and Y2K issues.

Bruce Hall is Vice President of Marketing and Strategic Relationships at Trigent and is an expert in Year 2000 issues.

Marina Gorbis is Director of International Programs at SRI International (company) SRI International - One of the world's largest contract research firms. Founded in 1946 in conjuction with Stanford University as the Stanford Research Institute, they later became fully independent and were incorporated as a non-profit organisation under U.S.  and concentrates on China industrial policy.

Richard Suttmeier is a professor of political science at the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities.  and focuses on science and technology policy in China.

Dali Yang is a professor of political science at the University of Chicago and concentrates on China industrial policy.

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