links for 2006-03-02

• China creates own Net domains - The Boston Globe
  "Internet authorities in China have set up a new family of Chinese-language alternatives to .com and other popular Internet address domains. It's a move that bypasses the US-sponsored organization that controls address information for the global Internet,
  (tags: china chineseinternetresearch internet ICANN netgovernance netaccess)
• MercuryNews.com | 03/01/2006 | Google talks about operating in China
  "Google's research chief said the search giant and other technology firms with Chinese operations are discussing a code of principles to address censorship and protection of people's privacy in repressive countries."
  (tags: china chineseinternetresearch google censorship freespeech search)
• Foreign Policy: The Return of Patriarchy
  "Like it or not, a growing proportion of the next generation will be born into families who believe that father knows best."
  (tags: ideas globalization population)
• Netcraft: DDoS Attacks Target Prominent Blogs
  "While some of the attacks appear to be politically motivated, on Monday a DDoS struck one of the blogosphere's most financially successful bloggers."
  (tags: blogs hackers)
• MediaShift . Your Take Roundup::Split Verdict on MySpace's Future | PBS
  (tags: media webcred myspace socialnetworking)
• MediaShift . Digging Deeper::Reporters Without Borders Backs Online Freedom Act | PBS
  (tags: china chineseinternetresearch GOFA freespeech censorship humanrights)
• Crouching corruption, hidden fraud - Editorials & Commentary - International Herald Tribune
  "While the optimists are right that China presents great opportunities despite its problems, anyone can get burned when optimism gets out of hand. In order to keep that optimism in check, I should have focused less on the excitement going on outside my wi
  (tags: china business corruption)
• Light Blue Touchpaper » New Chinese TLDs
  "Alternative roots are not new, but what makes the current situation different is that the new TLDs have a (powerful) government’s backing, and with around 100m Internet users (second only to the US) has the potential to have a far larger user base than
  (tags: china chineseinternetresearch internet netgovernance netaccess ICANN TLD)