Site launches 'Chinese Wikipedia'

Posted on May 12, 2006 1:09 AM | | Comments (0)

BBC News
11 May 2006

China's leading web search company has launched an online, user-generated encyclopedia modelled on the US-based Wikipedia, which is blocked by Beijing.

The new service from Baidu.com, Baidupedia, is heavily self-censored to avoid offending the Chinese government.

Wikipedia had become increasingly popular in China until blocked in 2005.

China has strict laws on internet use and blocks content it deems a threat, including references to the Tiananmen Square massacre and notable dissidents.

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