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Chinese City Wants To Build a Censorship-Free Hub

Posted by samzenpus on from the welcome-to-the-free-zone dept.

itwbennett writes "The city of Chongqing's proposed Cloud Computing Special Zone would be home to 'a handful of state-of-the-art data centers and is designed to attract investment from multinational companies and boost China's status as a center for cloud computing,' writes the IDG News Service's Michael Kan. The part that's drawing the ire of Chinese Internet users: This censorship-free hub would only be for foreign companies."

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  1. We promise we won't spy on your data... by Nutria · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... unless you have secrets we really, really want.

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    "I don't know, therefore Aliens" Wafflebox1
  2. Reminds me of Intershop by cpghost · · Score: 4, Insightful

    In former Eastern Germany, their communist regime provided retail stores only for foreigners (or specially privileged East Germans with western money). This made people there very resentful of their government... and eventually, they got rid of it. China's communists should be careful not to rise the ire of their citizens too much if they want to remain in power. Then again, why not? China could really need a breath of fresh air, at least politically.

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    cpghost at Cordula's Web.
  3. Re:um are companies really this dumb? by fabioalcor · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Realy low cost service. There are lots of companies that don't give a shit about privacy, they only care about budget cuts. Especialy those companies who deal with other people data, not theirs.