in today's new york times. for full details lookup

http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/07/biztech/articles/08soft.html

some excerpts-

  They are concerned that the country is growing overly dependent on
  the Windows operating system, which controls computers running
  everything from banks to President Jiang Zemin's e-mail box...

  In addition, various arms of the government have been warning of the
  security risk posed by the country's reliance on Microsoft.  Fearing
  Control by Microsoft. "Without information security, there is no
  national security in politics, economics and military affairs,"
  declared an editorial ...

  Microsoft's public relations disaster has been a boon for Linux.  So
  far, several companies -- including Red Flag, which is backed by
  President Jiang's son, Jiang Mianhang, and TurboLinux, based in San
  Francisco -- have introduced Chinese-language versions of the Linux
  operating system in China. Many other companies have started to
  provide software and services for China's Linux users...

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