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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. Buzzword Alert by NitsujTPU · · Score: 1, Redundant

    BUZZWORD ALERT!!
    BUZZWORD ALERT!!

    You are charged with not using the correct buzzword (however much more correct the terminology you have used may be.

    The Great Chinese Filtering

    should be stated as:

    The Great Firewall of China