China not Fully Prepared for Y2K (Associated Press)

BEIJING (AP) - Not fully prepared for Y2K, China is accepting that there will be some year-end computer failures, including the risk of office towers shutting down, hospitals doing without advanced surgical equipment and parts of the countryside going black.

China didn't begin work on the Year 2000 computer bug in earnest until 13 months ago. So it had no choice but to resort to computer-system triage, focusing money and manpower on critical government agencies, major cities and industries while leaving the rest to fend for themselves.

(sarcasm)

Ah, what do we care? China's just a dirtwater backwoods 3 world country. No impact on the good old red, white, and blue, eh? Let'em eat cake.

(/sarcasm)

-- Nom (nom@de.plume), December 15, 1999

Answers

thanks for posting this for the umpteenth time!

-- Llama man (llama@cool.net), December 15, 1999.

Sorry 'bout that. I just received this on my AP feed today, and didn't look further down the list of postings.

Sysop, delete if you wish.

-- Nom (nom@de.plume), December 15, 1999.