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An Asia Internet History - Fifth Decade (2020s) - First Edition
CHAPTER 1 Introduction
CHAPTER 2 Internet Access
2.1 Overview
2.2 Users
CHAPTER 3 Digital Services
3.1 Introduction [ppt]
3.2 Digital Transformation [ppt]
3.3 Digital Payment and Digital Currency
3.4 Social Media
3.5 Artificial Intelligence [ppt]
CHAPTER 4 Digital Ecosystem
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Internet Ecosystem [ppt]
4.3 AI Ecosystem [ppt]
CHAPTER 5 Global Issues and the Internet
5.1 Climate, Energy and Environment
5.2 Existential Risks
CHAPTER 6 Snapshots of the Internet in the 2020s
6.1 Nepal (Harsha Man Maharjan)
6.2 Japan (Kazunori Konishi)
6.3 India (Samran Gupta)
China(fang xingdong, lee xiaodong), South Korea (ks park, dykim),
USA(erin mcjeon), Taiwan (Jackie Cheng/James Lee)
CHAPTER 7 Half Century of the Internet
7.1 Toru Asami, A personal history related to the Internet in Japan
7.2 Srinivasan Ramani, Global catastrophe and the Internet
7.3 Kilnam Chon, Early internet development in the 20th century
7.4 Kiyong Lee, A story of a lone scholar journeying through the great world of the internet, [pdf,2023.8.19]
7.5 Qiheng Hu, Recalling the first 30 years of the Internet in China [English] [Chinese]
7.6 Hakikur Rahman, The History and Evolution of the Internet in Bangladesh
Shigeki Goto, Michael Stanton, Abhaya Induruwa, Okhwa Lee, George Sadowski,
Tan Tin Wee, Suresh Ramasubramanian, Dave Farber, Bob Kummerfeld, Lawrence Landweber, Nii Quaynor
CHAPTER 8 Internet Museum
CHAPTER 9 Retrospective
APPENDIX A Year Table
APPENDIX B InternetHistory.Asia/Home Page
APPENDIX C Regional Internet Organizations
APPENDIX D Authors' Biographies
APPENDIX E Computer History - East Asian Perspective
APPENDIX F Artificial General Intelligence
APPENDIX G Virtual Reality
Remark: We invite articles for Chapter 6 Snapshots in the 2020s, and Chapter 7 Half Century of Internet.
Remark: Hardcopies will be published in 2026Q1 (First Edition), and 2031Q1 (Second Edition).
Revised: 2025.1.1