China creates own Internet domains

Iria · Mar 1, 2006, 06:23 PM

China has announced it is creating a new set of domain names based on Chinese characters.

China has created three of its own top-level domains that will use the domain names .cn, .com and .net, in Chinese. The domain names were launched Wednesday by the Chinese Ministry of Information Industry.

The creation of Chinese character domain names has led to speculation that China could break away from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) completely, and undermine the global unity of the Domain Name System (DNS), the network of servers that resolves domain name requests.
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studbagel9 · Mar 2, 2006, 02:54 AM

Do you guys think is this an attempt by the chinese to undermine the US' supremacy of the internet?

Alistair · Mar 2, 2006, 04:29 AM

Nah, its just the Chinese being one step closer to having their own internet that they can police without international intervention.

EcPercy · Mar 2, 2006, 12:44 PM

Well, I don't know about you, but I can't read/speak chinese. Let them do what they want. There is nothing saying we would have to add their new domains to the root dns servers.

Mar 1, 2006, 06:23 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	China creates own Internet domains China has announced it is creating a new set of domain names based on Chinese characters. China has created three of its own top-level domains that will use the domain names .cn, .com and .net, in Chinese. The domain names were launched Wednesday by the Chinese Ministry of Information Industry. The creation of Chinese character domain names has led to speculation that China could break away from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) completely, and undermine the global unity of the Domain Name System (DNS), the network of servers that resolves domain name requests. ____________ Read More / Source: News.com

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studbagel9 Rolling the Hard Six Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lock Haven, PA Posts: 767 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Do you guys think is this an attempt by the chinese to undermine the US' supremacy of the internet? __________________

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Alistair Spoos Join Date: May 2002 Location: State College, PA, USA Posts: 435 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Nah, its just the Chinese being one step closer to having their own internet that they can police without international intervention. __________________ - Alistair

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EcPercy HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Iraq Posts: 1,535 Rep Power: 0	Well, I don't know about you, but I can't read/speak chinese. Let them do what they want. There is nothing saying we would have to add their new domains to the root dns servers.