This Day, That Year

Item from Feb 2, 1988, in China Daily: A worker at New Technology Development Inc in Beijing operates a new type of computer developed by scientists at the Institute of Computing Technology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Computers, which have launched a global technological revolution in recent decades, are challenging some traditional industries in China.

Since Internet access rolled out in China in the early 1990s, online activities have rapidly changed life-styles and traditional business practices in the country.