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| China charges U.S. monopolizes the Internet, seeks global control |
| 2005-03-02 |
| China's ambassador to the United Nations last week called for international controls on the Internet. Chinese Ambassador Sha Zukang told a UN conference that controls should be multilateral, transparent and democratic, with the full involvement of governments, the private sector, civil society and international organizations. just like China? "It should ensure an equitable distribution of resources, facilitate access for all and ensure a stable and secure functioning," he said at the conference on Internet governance. Sha said China opposes the "monopolization" of the Internet by one state, a reference to the Untied States, which ultimately controls the digital medium. "It is of crucial importance to conduct research on establishing a multilateral governance mechanism that is more rational and just and more conducive to the Internet development in a direction of stable, secure and responsible functioning and more conducive to the continuous technological innovation," he said. Now why would they be so fearful? China's communist government fears the Internet would dilute Beijing's control over its population, as information passes unfiltered throughout the country and outside of strict government censorship. China strictly prohibits any public criticism of the ruling communist party and closely monitors and censors Internet usage. Periodically, Chinese security forces raid Internet cafes and arrest people who violate Chinese rules. BINGO! Sha said China has 94 million Internet users out of a worldwide total of about 810 million. Free flow of information and economic power will be the downfall of China and other despots |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #10 Mrs. D: The Chinese continue to try and start or invent their own right across the technology spectrum. But they end up hopelessly behind the curve almost immediately. There are three forces you never want to bet against in global technology: ethernet, TCP/IP and American sales and marketing--all of which are an outcome of free markets. |
| Posted by: Classical_Liberal 2005-03-02 10:22:30 PM |
| #9 Darn, I haven't noticed this has been posted already! Had a busy day, so I did not have time to go through all the posts... It's in the queue, Fred. If the commentary does not seem worth posting, you can bit-bucket it mercilessly. |
| Posted by: Sobiesky 2005-03-02 9:50:30 PM |
| #8 why won't they just steal and copy it like they do everything else |
| Posted by: Thraing Hupoluper1864 2005-03-02 5:28:19 PM |
| #7 All your internet are now belong to us |
| Posted by: Yosemite Sam 2005-03-02 5:26:12 PM |
| #6 What a load of commie crap. more conducive to the continuous technological innovation LOL! Like the internet isn't innovative enough. What have the Chinese contributed? |
| Posted by: Spot 2005-03-02 5:15:54 PM |
| #5 AlGore will be heart broken when he learns what his Chinese buddies are proposing for HIS invention. If it's the "digital medium" that concerns the Chi-coms, then maybe they can |
| Posted by: GK 2005-03-02 5:04:07 PM |
| #4 Article: "It should ensure an equitable distribution of resources, facilitate access for all and ensure a stable and secure functioning," he said at the conference on Internet governance. The guy's saying that China should get a piece of the action even though Uncle Sam pays most of the bills. I understand why he might want this, but it's not clear why Uncle Sam should hand over the keys to the kingdom. In other words, him and what army? |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2005-03-02 4:43:54 PM |
| #3 They don't like the current rules that don't allow them to censor content in another nation. The don't like the ability of other nations to ignore their requests for censorship. There are a host of other nation who feel the same way. The UN we be happy to oblige them. So of course they are all for a UN run Internet A wild and woolly Internet suits me just fine. The kind of ârulesâ we could expect under the UN would preclude sites like Rantburg I am sure. Sorry we invented the creation that allowed the Internet to develop. For now we will dominate the "rules." The UN as usual can FOAD. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2005-03-02 4:40:19 PM |
| #2 US demands China lift one party monopoly in China... and if you guys think we are giving up the golden goose to be killed by the UN, think again @ss wipe... |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2005-03-02 4:34:59 PM |
| #1 Start you own. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-03-02 4:31:36 PM |