Published by: World Tibet Network News, Thursday, October 3, 1996

{The Wall Street Journal, 30-Sep}

Microsoft said it issued instructions to Windows 95 users in China on how to remove a pair of anti-Communist slogans from the software that Chinese government officials said were offensive. A Microsoft spokeswoman said a service update for the removal of the Chinese-language phrases had been issued in China Saturday. The phrases included one referring to China's leadership as "Communist bandits" and another that called on Taiwan's government to "take back the mainland." Microsoft said it is still investigating how the slogans made it into the Windows 95 kits. A Microsoft spokeswoman said the software was written by contractors and not by the company's own software writers.

Submitted by "Lobsang Gyalpo