Sales staff stand behind computers in a store in Beijing, China, Thursday, June 25, 2009. Washington is calling on Beijing to revoke an order to personal computer makers to supply Internet-filtering software with every PC, adding to an array of disputes between the major trading partners. Beijing told manufacturers in May to install 'Green Dam Youth Escort' Web-filtering software or supply it on a disk with every PC made beginning July 1 for sale in China. PC makers say they are studying the order. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)AP – Global business groups have made an unusual direct appeal to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to scrap an order for PC makers to supply controversial Internet filtering software, citing security and privacy concerns.

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