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

    surely it's called the Great Firewall of China?

  2. 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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  3. 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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