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(INTC), was in the northeastern city of Harbin to speak to university students. It was a typically frigid northern day, and since Yang had a little time to spare, a staffer suggested they warm up in an Internet caf\u221a\u00a9.<\/p>\n<p>While China&#8217;s Net caf\u221a\u00a9s had a reputation as seedy firetraps, this one impressed the Intel team. It was filled with students playing online games, watching movies, and instant messaging their friends. &#8220;There had to be 500 people there on three floors,&#8221; recalls Yang. If there were so many PCs in just one caf\u221a\u00a9, what sort of opportunity might exist nationwide? &#8220;I said to the guys: &#8216;Come up with data on this,&#8221;&#8216; says Yang. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/globalbiz\/content\/oct2006\/gb20061026_475353.htm?chan=tc&chan=technology_technology+index+page_computers\" target=\"_blank\">[Full text]<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Business Week: Some 11 million PCs in over 110,000 Internet caf\u221a\u00a9s. If you&#8217;re Xu (Ian) Yang and your job is to sell Chinese on using computers with Intel chips, those numbers will surely grab your attention. In late 2003, Yang, the Beijing co-general manager of Asia-Pacific for Intel Corp. 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