Saturday, 6 May 2017

China to Launch own encyclopaedia to rival Wikipedia


China plans to launch its own online encyclopaedia next year, hoping to build a "cultural Great Wall" that can rival Wikipedia as a go-to information source for Chinese Internet users who Beijing fears are being corrupted by foreign influences. China is under pressure to write its own encyclopaedia so it can guide public thought, according to a statement by the project's executive editor Yang Muzhi published on the website of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
He once listed Wikipedia, which is available in China, and Britain's Encyclopaedia Britannica as potential rivals and said the project aims to exceed them.

4 comments:

  1. there's always fun in diversity :)

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  2. Peter Paulbly9 May 2017 at 19:53

    China!...always competitive

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