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China Locks in its Net-Citizenry

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. China: urgent reform required by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Appaling human rights record
    Censorship
    Punishment of political and religious expression

    Why does the world keep rewarding China ?

    Reform/regime change FIRST (get rid of CCP and have democracy)

    Rewards LATER