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Blueprint for China's post-WTO Telecom Competition Framework
December 31, 2001 | BY
clpstaff &clp articlesAs a WTO member, China will be required to provide "national treatment"1 to foreign investors in various service industries. This includes the telecommunications sector.
Foreign investment has been banned in telecommunications since 1993 despite later ill-advised attempts by foreign entities to circumvent the ban through participation in Chinese-Chinese-Foreign (zhong-zhong-wai)2 structures in