Introduction : The cyberpath to development in some Asian countries / Sandhya Rao -- The role of the United States in global Internet innovation and diffusion / Bruce C. Klopfenstein -- The Internet in Japan / Yuji Mori and Vir V. Phoha -- Let a hundred modems bloom : the Internet in today's China / Bryce T. McIntyre -- The skills route to cyberspace : India's Internet experience / Sandhya Rao -- The engine for the next economic leap : the Internet in Korea / Wonsuk Kang -- The Internet in Malaysia / Musa Bin Abu Hassan -- Wiring an intelligent island : the Internet in Singapore / Peng Hwa Ang and Brian Lee -- Taiwan : an epicenter in the high-tech world / Zenaida Sarabia Panol and Sandhya Rao.