Comments on: IPv6: China’s next generation Internet

By: Lyn

Lyn — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:18:12 +0000

Anne–sorry about that! I was looking for Julian’s Manifesto and although I noticed that purse lip square jaw didn’t *seem* like Julian’s site, I was careless. Thanks for the clarification-I changed it above.

Micah–Good points. IPv6 does include the possibility for even closer monitoring and identification of users–which will be used in China to further dampen the “wrong” kinds of online speech. But I can’t see these being written into worldwide standards in an insidious way by Chinese developers. Those choices will be made at the national level. However, will there be all kinds of political fallout from Chinese-proposed standards as opposed to US-proposed standards? Absolutely. I think we’ve just seen the tip of it.

As for the subtleties of who exactly is involved in developing CERNET2 and CNGI, it would be a great issue to delve into more deeply.

By: Anne Galloway

Anne Galloway — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 13:21:37 +0000

A small correction: I compiled that bibliography on the Internet of Things, not Julian. Thanks!

By: Micah

Micah — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 06:04:52 +0000

Do you know how Virtual China could help everyone’s understanding of the situation? Here’s an idea: clarify what everybody else means when they say things like “China developed…” and “China has successfully built…”. Clearly, China is not a monolithic whole who is developing these things in a coordinated mass. Outline the parties involved, explaining their different interests and how they cooperate and conflict.

(From the first article linked in the post, here’s an interesting tidbit: “What is the next generation of the Internet? Safer: It can identify Internet addresses, as well as the identity and rights of visitors.” To be fair, even if the American nationalists are a little overzealous in their criticism of “China” (once again), would you feel safe knowing that the Chinese government has a deep investment in a new “safer” internet?)