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How much?! #

By Allan Rutland Posted Saturday 31st May 2008 11:09 GMT

So...its £3.50 subscription with 4.5p per minute on video! *cough rip off Britain*. Guess things are done differently in China...and alot better it seems.

Free market #

By Seán Posted Saturday 31st May 2008 11:23 GMT

The only way to have the notional free market so beloved of Economists is to have iron control over the market to avoid gaming of the system and monopoly. The out and out fraud which is built into US capitalism such as naked short selling and the sort of bullshit perpetrated by the Enron criminals would lead to a bullet sandwich in China.

Pointless Chinese posturing #

By Bryan B Posted Saturday 31st May 2008 14:46 GMT

Given that the number of visitors to the Olympics whose handsets are TD-SCDMA capable will be as near zero as makes no odds, the whole thing is just wind-baggery and empty posturing of the highest order. But that seems to be all the PRC's Communist government is about, these days.

@Allan Rutland #

By Nic Posted Saturday 31st May 2008 16:13 GMT

It was subsidised to increase take-up. RTFA...

We don't need no stinkin' licences #

By Tom Posted Saturday 31st May 2008 16:21 GMT

They bought 3 movies and a copy of Vista for $10 from the guy with the stand down by the corner and he threw in a G3 license for free!

@Allan Rutland #

By Graham Lockley Posted Saturday 31st May 2008 20:26 GMT

'So...its £3.50 subscription with 4.5p per minute on video! *cough rip off Britain*. Guess things are done differently in China...and alot better it seems.'

Maybe you would like to work for the average Chinese wage then ? May seem cheap, but as a percentage of average monthly income I bet it isnt.

@Allan Rutland #

By James Dennis Posted Saturday 31st May 2008 21:08 GMT

and how much does the average person in China get paid?

but for people touring China everythings a bargain #

By Orochimaru_Sannin Posted Sunday 1st June 2008 05:26 GMT

Everything is a bargain if you work in China and get paid state wages or Euro wages. A 5 star restaurant dinner costs no more than 10 - 20 USD. That's a bargain!

Lazy, ungrateful capitalists can't do the maths... #

By Anonymous Coward Posted Sunday 1st June 2008 19:23 GMT

7.00 USD = 48.5870 CNY

Average wage in China (circa 2006): 1,750 yuan a month

Average Wage Software engineer in China (circa 2005): £6,998

In PR of China, software engineers you!

@ Bryan B #

By Steve Posted Monday 2nd June 2008 10:05 GMT

"the whole thing is just wind-baggery and empty posturing of the highest order. But that seems to be all the PRC's Communist government is about, these days."

Now all they need is to learn how to quietly pension off corrupt officials instead of executing them and they'll be just like our glorious western governments.