China delayed a controversial plan requiring all new computers sold in the country to be equipped with an internet filtering software-Green Dam Youth Escort.
The filter, called Green Dam Youth Escort, was to have been required from 1 July, but the industry ministry said computer makers needed more time.
Its planned rollout sparked widespread disapproval inside China, legal challenges and criticism from overseas. Officials say it is designed to shield children from pornography and violence.
However, many internet users have criticized the software plan as an attempt to tighten the Chinese government’s already strict controls on internet usage. A report by China’s official Xinhua news agency gave no other details on the decision by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
The BBC’s Quentin Sommerville, in Beijing, says the reversal is a very rare and embarrassing climbdown for the Chinese government. Chinese internet users and were furious about this additional control.
Foreign governments have complained that the new software could break trade rules, and concerns have been raised about its effectiveness and safety.
Tests carried out on Green Dam both inside and outside China indicated that it left personal computers open to many different security risks, including virus attacks.
1. Introduction
Greater South China is one of the most economically dynamic regions of the world and one that has significant potential for integrating the Internet in ways that will revolutionize production and distribution. Greater South China includes the Republic of China (Taiwan), Hong Kong, and China’s southern provinces of Guangdong and Fujian. It is useful to analyze Internet diffusion in these four neighboring geographic entities, which are bound together by major economic and cultural ties. Though all four share a Chinese heritage, their similarities diverge in terms of public policies, degree of interaction with the West, and economic capacity. For each of these entities, these similarities and differences help determine the characteristics and the potential of the Internet. The Internet, in turn, has the potential to change the character of each economy and the South China economic network that links them together, tying them into the global marketplace. continue reading »
“You can find everything on Google” but you cannot find google.com in China.
It is ridiculous but it is what is happening here in China.
By the order of Ministry of Information Industry, google.cn start “rectify” its search engine service to so filer “ill” information. Since June 23, google.com was cut off in China, with only google.cn works here. Some of other services, such Gmail is also affected in some areas.
Internet Users:298,000,000
Broadband Users:270,000,000
IPv4 Addresses:181,273,344
Domain Names:16,826,198
WWW Websites:2,878,000
International Bandwidth:640,287 Mbit/s
Data from www.cnnic.cn
General Information:
China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), the state network information center of China, was founded as a non-profit organization on Jun. 3rd 1997.
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1. According to the statistics of China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), by December 31, 2007, the number of Internet users in China has reached up to 210 million, while the number of the broadband Internet users has reached 163 million, accounting for 77.6% of the total. There are totally 11,931,277 domain names in China with 9,001,993 CN names, about 1,503,800 websites, and international bandwidth about 368,927Mbps. continue reading »
What are the principles for registering .CN domain names?
You may register a CN domain name with not more than 63 English letters containing A-Z, a-z, 0-9 and hyphen (-). Capital and small letters are equivalent.
Why to register .CN domain name?
.CN domain names hold following advantages:
It is a distinct identifier, representing registrants’ value and orientation; continue reading »
Just a few days after its launch, bing.com has been blocked by GFW in China because it doesn’t filer “ill” information for China users. It is not a surprise at all since similar stories has happened a few times for Google.
Below are Info Required for China ICP License Application
Owner/Investor Info
网站主办者名称
Name of the website owner
(could be company or person)
网站主办者性质
The site is owned by individual or company?
网站主办者有效证件类型
What is the valid identification document of the website owner?
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