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First Personnal Computer Released
The first Personal Computer was the IBM PC, codenamed the Acorn. It featured a 4.77 Mhz 8088 processor and 16 Kb of RAM. -
Internet Introduced
The Internet was formally introduced throughout 1989, not at any specific date. -
World Wide Web Released
The World Wide Web or what we use as the internet, was released to the public by Sir Tim Berners Lee. -
Internet in China
China gets Internet for the first time. -
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China Has Internet
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Chinese Communist Party cracks down on Democrats
The Chinese Communist Party fearing that the Chinese Democratic Party will spread classified information across the internet, cracks down on them. -
China Launches Golden Shield
China Launches Golden Shield project to "protect the country", begins censoring internet, and to search for and suppress activists. -
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Golden Shield phase 1
1st Phase of the 2-part Golden Shield Project -
Olympics in Bejing
At the summer olympics in Bejing, China the golden shield projet passes international inspection. -
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Golden Shield phase 2
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"purify the Internet"
Hu Jintao pledges to "purify the internet" in a speech. -
China Blocks Facebook
The golden shield servers start to block Facebook. -
China Blocks Youtube
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China blocks Twitter
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China Blocks Youtube
