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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."

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  1. it makes sense... by AxemRed · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Controlling the backbones will make the "internet" a lot easier for them to censor.

  2. sigh by eobanb · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I can't help but view this as the fault of the US. Think about it. ICANN, a US organisation, has done little to cater to the wishes of China, even though they're a large (and growing) presence on the internet. I may not agree with some of the views of the Chinese government, but if they want Chinese TLDs, they should have them.

    ICANN needs to get off their high horse immediately.

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  3. 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...

  4. Bad for China's economy by G4from128k · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This move puts Chinese companies at a competitive disadvantage -- how can they connect to foreign suppliers, distributors, and customers? Will western companies continue to outsource to China if the country puts up too many obstacles to free communication?

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  5. 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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