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China Prepares to Launch Alternate Internet

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the aided-by-google-no-doubt dept.

Netfree writes "The Chinese government has announced plans to launch an alternate Internet root system with new Chinese character domains for dot-com and dot-net. This may mean that Chinese Internet users will no longer rely on ICANN, the U.S.-backed domain name administrator, and, as one commentator notes, could be the beginning of the end of the globally interoperable Internet."

7 of 510 comments (clear)

  1. I feel a great disturbance in the force... by voice_of_all_reason · · Score: 4, Funny

    As if millions of MMORPG gold farmers cried out in terror, and were suddenly silences...

  2. no more spam? by aphaenogaster · · Score: 2, Funny

    This could be great, if china closes itself off from the rest of the net, my firewalls will give an audible sigh of relief. Now only if eastern europe would follow suit.

    1. Re:no more spam? by CynicalGuy · · Score: 2, Funny

      That's what I was thinking too. Good riddance!. If anyone from the Chinese government is reading this, can you PLEASE take Korea with you? My mail server will thank you!

  3. Re:I guess by rovingeyes · · Score: 2, Funny
    But without porn...will it really be the internet?

    I take it that you are not in to Chinese porn.

  4. Screw you guys by Daetrin · · Score: 4, Funny
    I'm going to go build my own internet! With blackjack! And hookers!

    In fact, forget the internet!

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  5. So Bush was right about something... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    We will have to search the "internets" for information.

  6. Re:I guess by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    link?