If it [automation] keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger. - Frank Lloyd Wright

Telecommunication breaks down the physical and cultural barriers between distant people.

The global telecommunications revolution provides unequaled opportunities for exchange between countries and cultures long isolated from each other. Below we provide information on telecommunications issues and particularly to those related to exchange and collaboration with China. Some of these links on our site may be written in Chinese.

• Information infrastructure
• Chinese Internet Providers
• Academic/Research Networks
• Internet Information Resources

Please help us add to these initial lists! Please send email to chinafriends@solar.ncsa.uiuc.edu.