Shang Ding, early on in our partnership described one of his paintings of a water buffalo next to a lake and said to me: “looking at this painting closely, there are no motor boats, no telephone lines, no automobiles, no condominiums.
Now overseas, in places where there are notelephonelines, mobile broadband technology pioneered in wealthy countries like the United States and Japan is pulling entire areas into the 21st century.
At the moment, says Mr Wu, sites can say they are no more responsible for the way their space is used than telephone companies are for crimes discussed by users of their lines.