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Brave new market economy.


Microsoft created software for 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
 that prevents bloggers from using words like "freedom" and "democracy" on the Internet Internet

Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the
, reports the Guardian. The agreement comes only months after Bill Gates (person) Bill Gates - William Henry Gates III, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, which he co-founded in 1975 with Paul Allen. In 1994 Gates is a billionaire, worth $9.35b and Microsoft is worth about $27b.  praised China's officials, who run a mixed market economy with a Stalinist political system. "It is a brand new form of capitalism, and as a consumer it's the best thing that ever happened," Gates said.
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Title Annotation:No Comment; software for the Chinese government that prevents bloggers from using words like "freedom" and "democracy" on the Internet
Publication:The Progressive
Article Type:Brief Article
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Date:Aug 1, 2005
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