It’s the second time that the court ruled against the Ministry of Finance in the government procurement dispute. This is largely caused by two conflicting laws–Government Procurement Law and Government Bidding Law that are administered by the Ministry of Finance and the National Commission of Reform and Development.
By the end of 2006, China has more than 20 million Internet traders doing various business online. Most of them are one-person business and credibility has become a primary concern for consumers.
Skype has got more than 29 million Chinese registrants, most of whom can only use the computer-to-computer service (Skype in model). The popular Skype-out service was not offered in the Chinese market due to the strict telecom regulation. Recently, Skype, though its local partner Tom.com, began quietly offering Internet Telephony services to those registrants who may pay by international credit cards. It seems that Skype attempts to test the water by partially opening its VoIP service in China.
It’s been quite a few years that the government attempts to adopt a real-name system on the Internet, which will require any Internet user to provide his/her personal ID and real name for the registration with a blog, BBS, chatroom or any other online forum. Despite the users’ concern for privacy, the government seems determined to push forward. The lattest solution would maintain the real-name requirment for registration but allow pseudonyms to be shown online.
A network company in Nanjing was ordered to apologize to and compensate the Plaintiff who was insulted by an article published on a blog hosted on that company’s website. The court ruled that the defendant failed to observe the duty of care as a honest manager of its blogging system.
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