China internet

Web History of China

By laurenburt

  • Internet Available to the Public

    Internet Available to the Public
    media timeline
    Connection to the internet becomes available to the general public. Internet service is administered by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, which requires applicants to register with their identity card to receive service.

  • Companies and the Web Boom Begin

    Companies and the Web Boom Begin
    media timeline
    China's first two privately-run Internet companies, Sina.com and Sohu.com, get funding and open for business. As the Internet craze grows, it expands in China as rapidly as it does elsewhere. At this time, it is tied down by no government regulations except the requirement to register with an identity card.

  • Chinanet Users Must Register

    Chinanet Users Must Register
    Duke- Google in ChinaIn February 1996, all private subscribers to Chinanet, the main Internet service provider, run by
    the state telecommunications monopoly, were required to register with the Public Security Bureau,
    provide the government with detailed personal information about themselves, and sign a pledge
    not to “read, copy or disseminate information that threatens state security.” . . . In addition to the
    state-run Chinanet, all Internet service providers were required to take steps to fi lter out anything
    deem

  • First Internet Cafe

    First Internet Cafe
    media timeline
    The first Internet café In China opens in the city of Shanghai.

  • The Golden Shield Project

    The Golden Shield Project
    Duke- Google in China
    In early 2000, the MPS introduced its new system, the Golden Shield project, which aimed to use state-of-the-art technology as a means of more effectively policing the Chinese people. Although this technology is used to monitor everything from video to voice to Internet traffi c, controlling the fl ow of information over the Internet is the focus of this case.

  • Google Controls 1/4 of Searches

    Google Controls 1/4 of Searches
    Duke- Google in China
    Google.cn, still a US-based search engine, was able to control an estimated 25% of the Chinese search market by 2002 and to avoid Chinese government censorship completely. Their user base mainly consisted of white collar, pro-Western Chinese
    businesspeople.

  • 105 Million Internet Users

    105 Million Internet Users
    Duke- Google in China
    China's internet users numbered around 105 million by 2006. As this was projected to grow to 250 million users by 2010, Google was soon to make the decision to launch Google.cn, a Chinese version of Google.

  • Baidu overtakes Google

    Baidu overtakes Google
    Duke- Google in China
    Baidu.com, now Google’s chief rival in China, began to grow, blossoming from a 3% market share player in 2002 to a 63.7% market share player. Google's market share dropped from 25% in 2002 to 19.2% in 2006. Google was slower and less effective than other search sites because it was hosted outside of China.

  • China Surpasses US In Internet Use

    China Surpasses US In Internet Use
    Forbes
    Chinese Internet users spend nearly two billion hours online each week, while the U.S. audience logs on for 129 million hours per week. According to internal research, Chinese Internet users numbered over 150 million--and possibly up to 200 million--and Sohu.com, including all of their properties, was in the top five most trafficked sites in the world.

  • Google.cn is Used Uncensored

    Google.cn is Used Uncensored
    Wikipedia- Google China
    In June 2006, Sergey Brin, Google's co-founder, was quoted as saying virtually all of Google's customers in China were using the non-censored version of their website.

  • Google Censorship Heightened

    Google Censorship Heightened
    Duke- Google in China
    Suddenly, in early September, computer users in China could not access Google.com. The Chinese government had blocked access to the site, and users were instead diverted to rival Chinese search sites.26 Two weeks later, it again became possible to access Google.com, but government censorship had been heightened, making the search engine far slower and less reliable.

  • Google.cn Makes a Comeback

    Google.cn Makes a Comeback
    Duke- Google in ChinaAs of the second quarter of 2007, Google had increased its share from 19.2% to 22.8% and Baidu.com had fallen from a 63.7% o a 58.1% share. In order to penetrate the China search market further, Google aims to make Google.cn as “Chinese” as possible, both by hiring Chinese employees and by partnering with Chinese technology fi rms.Already Google has established two research centers, one in Beijing and one in Shanghai.

  • Internet Available to 22.5%

    Internet Available to 22.5%
    Google- Public Data
    As of 2008, the internet was available to roughly 22.5% of China's total population.

  • 384,000,000 Internet Users

    384,000,000 Internet Users
    Asia's Internet Usage
    China has a total of 384,000,000 internet users as of December, 2009, equaling about 29% of the total population.

  • Gmail Attack from China

    Gmail Attack from China
    BBC News
    Yet another issue between Google and China occurred when Gmail was attacked from China, resulting in Google contemplating an end to its operations in China.

  • Internet Controls Tightened

    Internet Controls Tightened
    BBC News
    China has tightened controls on internet use, requiring anyone who wants to set up a website to meet regulators and produce ID documents. Website operators now have to submit identity cards and photos of themselves and meet regulators personally before they can set up online. This was said to be a new tactic against online pornography, but is seen by many as heightened government censorship.