The slider looked pretty nice, but all the aforementioned hardware was set up in Chinese, so we lost interest pretty quickly.

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On his most recent trip, he stopped in Shenzhen to confirm that he had lined up nearly every major Chinese computer manufacturer behind his company's "Venus project, " a combination of software and hardware that lets VCD players and other, similar devices display Chinese-language Internet content on an ordinary TV set.

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Moreover, the Saudis are also now buying more Chinese goods mostly food, textiles, hardware and heavy industrial stuff than American ones.

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It seems to me that Google is getting unfairly roughed up for this, since some company--likely an American one--had to have taught the Chinese to write the filtering software and sold them the hardware.

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None has impressed the Americans, who worry about China's rapid acquisition of sophisticated weaponry, including the Chinese-made destroyers off Somalia and an array of Russian hardware.

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Last month, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates visited Shenzhen in southern China to unveil the company's "Venus project, " software and hardware that allows VCD players and other consumer devices to display Chinese Internet content on TVs.

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Note: Chinese businesses such as computer brand Lenovo, e-commerce leader Alibaba, telecom hardware giant Huawei, and auto parts maker Wanxiang have looked in recent years to tap into the U.S. marketplace and resources.

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Huawei is one of the largest telecommunications hardware companies in the world, but due to its close ties with the Chinese government and military establishment, it has repeatedly been blocked from entering the U.S. market or buying an ownership position in U.S. multi-national companies like Motorola and 3Com.

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