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China Locks in its Net-Citizenry

Posted by timothy on from the welcome-to-china dept.

DatedNews writes "China's registry CNNIC teamed up in March with registar i-DNS.net to provide "Internet domains completely in Chinese characters" to the Greater Chinese Internet community. What at first might look like a localization issue could potentially become a powerfull user lock-in and turn out to be a very effective addition to The Great Chinese Filtering."

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  1. In other words by winkydink · · Score: 3, Funny

    It is therefore natural for us to ensure that foreign entities who wish to protect their Chinese language domain names in the .˾ and .ÍøÂç extensions are able to participate early on in the process. Therefore, we are very pleased to partner with i-DNS.net to bring this early opportunity to people outside of China now."

    We have figured out a way to extract yet more money from the running capitalist dogs.

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    1. Re:In other words by ShaniaTwain · · Score: 2, Funny

      Potential registrants who cannot speak or type Chinese can also register names via an on-line transliteration service provided at a modest fee.

      OK, who want a really rough translation of their domain names into chinese? .. Bite the wax tadpole anyone?

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  2. Great Chinese Filtering? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    surely it's called the Great Firewall of China?

    1. Re:Great Chinese Filtering? by Duncan3 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Fear not!!! This will be fixed in the dupe.

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  3. I can see it now by Raul654 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Your attempted to access taiwan.gov.ta has been logged. Reeducation teams are now en route to your location. Please do not flee, you traitorous capitalist.

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  4. I can't take it any more! by veg_all · · Score: 4, Funny

    potentially become a powerfull user lock-in

    Arrgghhh!!! Even on the front page now? THERE'S ONLY ONE "L" IN "POWERFUL!"

    Ooops. Guess I'll have to change my sig now.

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    1. Re:I can't take it any more! by grolschie · · Score: 2, Funny

      What's a "registar"?

    2. Re:I can't take it any more! by Fjornir · · Score: 2, Funny

      Actually it's just that the space was mis-placed. It was supposed to read "powerful luser lock-in".

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  5. Quick! by mikeophile · · Score: 2, Funny

    What's "porno" in Cantonese?

  6. It always happens by ded_si_luap · · Score: 3, Funny

    I look at a Chinese site, and an hour later I'm hungry again.

  7. Chappelle's show joke... by VolcomPimp · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ching chang chong! I can't understand yooooooou!

  8. Re:tempest in a teapot by DNS-and-BIND · · Score: 3, Funny
    The young, college-educated Chinese make up a tiny fraction of China's 1,300,000,000 people. The ones who speak English are an even smaller fraction of that, and consist mostly of those who have chosen careers in export trade. Let me guess, you were an English teacher. No surprise there...such a cloistered environment. Businessmen in manufacturing, like me, get out to the factories in the countryside and see the real deal.

    You don't get it. When have the outcries of people on the internet ever accomplished anything?

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