Stuff like this also worries proponents of China's accession to the World Trade Organization, with the group's new obsession with online commerce and information technology.

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Modeled after the information and e-commerce transactions available on the Web, the latest in information technology starts with a telephone number that you'll be able to dial to reach a computer that hears and guides your requests and answers them using voice-recognition technology.

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They also have to be profitable for more than two years and have been providing information technology services for e-commerce companies for the same length of time till the day they apply for the services.

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