In a story reported by Reuters on 4/29/97, Prodigy's CEO, Greg Carr, said that Prodigy had formed a joint venture in China with Norinco, China's main arms manufacturing conglomerate, to provide ISP services across China and to set up a special subscriber-only China content corner of the Internet. The service will be censored, says Carr, to make sure it contains nothing that the Chinese government would find unacceptable. "All the stuff will be screened," Chairman Carr is quoted as saying. "We want to be good citizens, we don't want the government to come round and spank us. We'll block it as much as we have to to keep our friends happy." Prodigy hopes to sign up 20,000 to 30,000 subscribers to its China service, at US$30 per month, by the end of 1997, using special sign-up kiosks in department stores to boost sales. "We could have a significant piece of the market," Chairman Carr is reported as saying. ************************************************************************** Subscribe to Freematt's Alerts: Pro-Individual Rights Issues Send a blank message to: freematt@coil.com with the words subscribe FA on the subject line. List is private and moderated (7-30 messages per week) Matthew Gaylor,1933 E. Dublin-Granville Rd.,#176, Columbus, OH 43229 Archived at http://www.reference.com/cgi-bin/pn/listarch?list=FA@coil.com ************************************************************************** [end of message ... text also available at <url:http://www.reference.com/cgi-bin/pn/go?choice=message&table=05_1997&mid=1762321&hilit=CENSOR+CENSORED> ] -------------------------------- Article-ID: 05_1997&1895929 Score: 83 Subject: Re: KQRS Backs Down