The History of the Internet in China: From a Single Email to the Smart Era
Introduction: Inside and Outside the Great Wall—A small building nestled among trees in Compound No. 10, Chedaogou, Haidian District, Beijing, is home to the China Ordnance Industry Computer Application Technology Research Institute. On September 14, 1987, an email was sent from here across the Pacific Ocean to Geneva, Switzerland. It contained just one sentence: "Acro...".