Danny Silver JSOCS, Acadia University COMP 2903 A25 – China's Tech Generation Finds a New Chairman to Venerate Danny Silver JSOCS, Acadia University
Kevin Holden Wired, May 24, 2007
Do Chinese Youth really look up to Bill GateS? Chairman Mao Zedong – father of revolutionary China Gates is now just as popular Books about him are best sellers “The Road Ahead” one of the biggest sellers in history Ultimate role model Even in most rural China, one of the most influential foreigners He has been recommended for a Nobel prize
Chairman Gates Celebrates free enterprise Forges partnerships with Asia Integrates China’s best and brightest into the web-linked world $30M in computers and health care for rural China $3 for MS Office for K-12 kids and on XO laptops
MS Motivation To enable the masses .. With MS Windows and related software Currently 600M Windows users China could mean a substantial increase Gates has hosted Chinese President Hu Jintao at his private residence in Seattle (2006) Promoting the internet as the great equalizer
China Rising Campus of 15,000 students in Zhuhai, 5 years ago did not exist 30 years ago there were few modern highways, now more than in many other countries in the world 60% of people in a US survey feel the next Bill Gates will come from China
China Challenges Software piracy – means wealth building is difficult One child families present new challenges Pace of development brings uncertainty