http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=525Kirkpatrick wrote, “No other Fortune 500 CEO gets quite the same treatment in China. While most would count themselves lucky to talk with one of China’s top leaders, Gates will meet with four members of the Politburo … As one government leader put it while introducing Gates at a business conference, the Microsoft chairman is ‘bigger in China than any movie star.’ Last spring President Hu Jintao toured the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Wash., and was feted at a dinner at Gates’ home. ‘ You are a friend to the Chinese people, and I am a friend of Microsoft,’ Hu told his host. ‘Every morning I go to my office and use your software.’”Article has more...
Mind you, it's been said (source Cnet Asia, 2005) that China's piracy rate is at 90%...
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