Posted on 07/29/2005 7:03:13 AM PDT by Dr. Marten
| Former U.S. President Bill Clinton to Deliver Keynote Address at China Internet Summit; Summit to Discuss the Future of China's Internet Industry July 27, 2005 (4:01 AM EST) PRNewswire |
HANGZHOU, China, July 27 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Former U.S. President Bill Clinton will be the keynote speaker at the 2005 China Internet Summit at West Lake, to be held on September 10, 2005 in Hangzhou, China. Alibaba.com announced today that prominent CEOs from around the world will also participate to engage in talks and discuss China's Internet commerce and Internet industry growth. The China Internet Summit at West Lake is an annual event which brings together the leading CEOs of Internet companies from China and around the world for a day of discussion and cooperation. Since its inception in 2000, the event has become the primary summit among Internet leaders in China, with CEOs from more than ten NASDAQ-listed China Internet companies serving as speakers over the years. This year, the Summit will go global, under the theme ''Connecting China and the World.'' Organized by Alibaba.com, the China Internet Summit at West Lake is non- partisan in nature, with the focus on open discussion between speakers and attendees. This year, the dialogue will address the key issues facing China's Internet industry, including globalization strategies, the future of online gaming and the development of e-commerce. Along with President Clinton, other confirmed speakers for this year's event include: ARRAY(0x7e46c8) Alibaba.com is China's leading e-commerce company, operating the world's largest online marketplaces for both international and domestic China trade, as well as China's most popular online payment system, AliPay. The Alibaba websites have more than 15 million registered users in 200 countries and territories. In 2004, over US$4 billion in trade is estimated to have come from buyers and sellers connecting at Alibaba sites. Alibaba's Marketplaces Alibaba's three online marketplaces are all leaders in their space, serving businesses and individuals buying and selling products in more than 28 industry categories: Alibaba International ( http://www.Alibaba.com ) is an English-language website primarily serving Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME's) in the international trade community, with 1.5 million registered users from over 200 countries and territories. Alibaba China ( http://www.China.Alibaba.com ) is China's largest online marketplace for domestic trade among businesspeople. TaoBao ( http://www.Taobao.com ) is China's most popular consumer-to- consumer marketplace. AliPay AliPay ( http://www.AliPay.com ) is China's leading online payment solution, powering online transactions between individuals and businesses throughout China. |
China - Clinton Ping!
Chinese will probably use the time to debrief him of any secrets he hadn't sold them the first time around... /sarcasm
You mean AL GORE, wasn't invited to speak.
"When Bill Clinton ran for president in 1992, he promised that he would not "coddle dictators, from Baghdad to Beijing."( 179K/6 sec. AIFF or WAV sound)"
http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9905/28/tiananmen.legacy/
The check must've cleared.
Do you think Clinton is going there to spread the cause of freedom and demand the communist government allow access to non-filtered news from around the world? "Tear down this firewall." Nah.
I'm betting that the subject of Al Gore inventing the internet will come up.
Yeah. What's his fee?
He's far more disgusting than Carter, who, to give him credit, actually believed in something besides himself (even if he was usually wrong). Clinton, on the other hand, only believes in two things, his inflated sense of himself as the center of all things political and money. Of course when you can't practice law due to your own misconduct, you've got to do something to keep the cash flowing in. Selling himself to the Chinese seems to be the thing. After all, he's done it before.
I wonder who is writing his speech? The Chinese?
I'm not very amused. I live in Chengdu and this is yet another "unidetified" disease to come out of China.
Needless to say, the wife and I are on a strict, rice, veggie and chicken diet...oh yeah, beer too.
He didn't just sell himself to the Red Chinese. He allowed and encouraged the sale of taxpayer-financed defense information (MIRV technology) and took a kickback for his trouble. He should have received what the Rosenbergs got.
"Tear down this firewall."
Brilliant! I'm gonna steal that one for my next blog entry on this. :-)
Slick will most likely donate his speaker's fee to AIDS relief in Africa.
More dollars for Bill. Someday they will have their nuke bill paid.
"I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lui".
Wonder how much Toon sold himself for?
What's he working for Microsoft and Microsoft's Project China FREEDOM web browser?
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