Online encyclopedia closes in China Internet crackdown

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Posted on August 11, 2006 5:16 AM | | Comments (1)

By Verna Yu | AFP
August 10, 2006

A Chinese online encyclopedia has closed down due to government pressure as China continues to crack down on Internet information it sees as dangerous, an international rights group has said.

e-Wiki, a collaborative Internet encyclopedia modelled on the hugely successful Wikipedia, closed itself down in late July, Reporters Without Borders said in a statement.

e-Wiki decided to close under government pressure after it called Taiwan the "Republic of China" and posted information on James Lung, a Hong Kong activist who is close to the banned Falungong movement, the press watchdog said.

Taiwan, which China regards as a renegade province awaiting reunification, and Falungong are two extremely sensitive issues for the nation's Communist Party rulers.

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dwh said:

getting rid of e-wiki might seem harsh however wikipedia is zionist controlled and filled with disinformation

This comment was posted on August 24, 2006 6:49 AM

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