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The article focuses on issues related to information technology in China. The Chinese government recognises that information technology is crucial to a successful economy and it seems willing to sacrifice at least some control over digital communications if it means its economy can be brought up to speed. The tension is seen by many as the key to opening up China for good. International Business Machines Corp., Intel Corp. and Lucent Technologies' Bell Laboratories Inc., have all opened Chinese research arms in the past decade. INSET: DIGITAL CALLIGRAPHY.