Wikipedia Explodes In China

eldavojohn writes "The Chinese have recently been allowed to enjoy the Chinese version of Wikipedia now that the ban has been lifted. And the result is an explosion in use after being banned for a year. From the article, 'Activity on nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation's Chinese Wikipedia site has skyrocketed since its release, which Internet users in China first started reporting on Nov. 10. Since then, the number of new users registering to contribute to the site has exceeded 1,200 a day, up from an average of 300 to 400 prior to the unblocking. The number of new articles posted daily has increased 75% from the week before, with the total now surpassing 100,000, according to the foundation.' No one's sure how long this will be available to the People's Republic of China but hopefully the government will recognize that at least a significant part of the populace enjoys a Wikipedia community."

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Chinese nuclear proliferation

[amightywind]

1. The nuclear technology at North Korea does not come from China, but from Iran.

Iran and North Korea are beneficiaries of the Pakistani AQ Khan network. He hawked a Chinese plan for a nuclear weapon. Are you ignorant are do you choose to be obtuse?

2. Chinese government publicly denounced North Korea's nuclear test

The Chinese are duplicious, siding with and opposing the world community where it suits them. This is not new. Without China there would be no North Korea or Kim Jong Il.

3. Hong Kong is not in Europe and never was a part of UK but colonized in the Opium war

Yes, very successfully colonized, prosperous, and well administered. If that was conquest the world needs more. And that was thrown away because...?

Re:Censorship is a bad thing

[The One and Only]

Yes, they remind me of Americans.