The Chinese government this week indicated it was tired of waiting for the U.S.-controlled International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to come up with Chinese character versions of .com and other top level domains and instead will create the domains on its own. News of the strategy was a cause of concern among some who argue China will use the specialized domains to tighten its grip on Chinese Internet traffic, and perhaps even wall off the rest of the World Wide Web.
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China Looks to Master Its Own Domains
Posted by: Jay Lyman March 1, 2006 01:43 PMThe Chinese government this week indicated it was tired of waiting for the U.S.-controlled International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to come up with Chinese character versions of .com and other top level domains and instead will create the domains on its own. News of the strategy was a cause of concern among some who argue China will use the specialized domains to tighten its grip on Chinese Internet traffic, and perhaps even wall off the rest of the World Wide Web.