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China Allows Access to English Wikipedia
LinuxLefty writes "Reuters is reporting that Chinese authorities have lifted the ban on the English version of Wikipedia. The Chinese version of the site is still blocked, as are English-language versions of politically sensitive topics such as Tibet and Tiananmen Square. 'The move comes after International Olympic Committee (IOC) inspectors told Beijing organisers that the Internet must be open for the duration of the 2008 Olympics and that blocking it "would reflect very poorly" on the host country. China's government, keen to avoid sparking social discontent, keeps a tight watch over the media and often blocks or censors popular Web sites and forums where dissent may brew.'"
Do we really want them editing it though? If you can access it, you can edit it. The last thing we need is some "patriotic" chinese people altering articles in a bad way.
Google's Super Secret Search Algorithm: SELECT @search_results FROM internet WHERE @search_results = 'good'
I like the idea of calling for boycotts of companies that are supporting this. In fact, It would be useful to point out all the companies that are heavy in bed with China. As pressure is brought on them, they will stop. Target and Walmart comes to mind. But even now, Dell. If ppl simply call up dell and tell them that they would have bought a dell, but .....
I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
Last year, China went past Canada as our number 1 partner. The real problem is that China has prevented us from exporting to them, while Canada and Mexico actively encourage it. In addition, NAFTA has allowed all 3 countries to expand while China was contracted out jobs. In fact, with the yuan being pushed up, even slowly, it is certain that a LOT more dollars will flow to China, since they acocunt for about 17% of import.
I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.