Rebecca MacKinnon summarizes some of the issues under discussion at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers of interest to China: ICANN's relationship with the US government, generic top level domains, and "internationalized" TLDs written... ...full story at Danwei
from Danwei on Sat, Jul 04 2009
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China Threat Debate: Introduction (1 of 11) »
YouTube video The goal of IQ2 US is to raise the level of public discourse on our most challenging issues. To provide a new forum for intelligent discussion, grounded in facts and informed by reasoned analysis. To transcend the toxically emotional and the reflexively... |
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".中国" to be global top level domain name » People's Daily ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) announced recently in South Korea that Chinese, Arabic and Korean as well as other non-Latin characters could be used in registering domain names, reporter learned from CINIC (China Internet... |
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Chinese-character domain names expected to be boon for China's online community » People's Daily The use of non-Latin characters from start to finish for Internet domain names could see a massive expansion of Internet use and commerce in China, experts predict. The board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a... |
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".中国" domain names to open for application next year » People's Daily China has acquired the operation capabilities of ".中国" ("Chinese for China") domain names, a leader at Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) said in Beijing recently. Starting from 2009, ".中国" domain names will appea... |
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Chinese characters coming soon to Internet domain names » Shanghai Daily THE Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has agreed that ``.中国'', meaning China, can officially begin use as a domain name next year, Jiefang Daily reported. The China Internet Network Information... |
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