江绵恒还记得难以接通上海市长办公室电话的日子,那已是10多年前的事;当时的市长是他父亲江泽民——现在中国最高领导人。今天,江绵恒依然继续设法令电话可以接通,但他现在的行动规模却远较从前大。他现在正试图成立将使中国成为全球网际网络最密集国家之一的通讯网络。该网络成立后,许多中国人将可以用很低的价钱打电话到纽约,在网际网络上浏览或按一按键盘,便可观看最新的成龙电影。的确,中国将逐渐发展成为全球最大的通讯市场,因此引起 Via-com、通用电气、雅虎等跨国企业的 Jiang Mianheng remembered the days when it was difficult to access the phone of the mayor’s office in Shanghai, which was more than 10 years ago; his then mayor was his father, Jiang Zemin, who is now China’s supreme leader. Today, Jiang Mianheng still continues to set the phone line up, but his current scale of operations is far greater than before. He is now trying to set up a communications network that will make China one of the most densely populated countries in the world. After the network was established, many Chinese would be able to call New York City at a very low price, surf the Internet or press the keyboard to view the latest Jackie Chan movies. Indeed, China will gradually develop into the world’s largest communications market, which has led to multinational corporations such as Via-com, General Electric, Yahoo!