Hi friends,
 
the history of the .cn domain is even more complex. As you can see from the IANA database, the first delegation was in 1990. https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/cn.html
 
And it was delegated to Werner Zorn from Germany as the trusted manager. Zorn, who worked for the University of Karlsruhe, was involved in a German Chinese academic cooperation project with the Academy of Science in Bejing in the 1980s. It was the time of the cold war. Zorn, who was also involved in the delegation for the .de domain in 1986, discussed with the Chinese collegues during his visit in 1988 how to bring the Internet to China. This was a time, when Jon Postel delegated ccTLDs to a "trusted manager". There was a lot of mistrust, also in the DOC, which did have the contract with ISI at USC, where Postel worked, to delegate a ccTLD directly to China. After a very delicate diplomatic maneuver the solution was to delegate .cn to Zorn, who was a "trusted" person. The server was in Karlsruhe with a replication in Bejing. And it worked to the benefit of the chinese community. The full delegation back to China was done in 1994.  So congratulation to 30 years of CNNIC and 34 years Internet in China.
 
Werner Zorn is still seen as one of the "fathers of the Chinese Internet". There was a special German Chinese Symposium in 2010 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the .cn Domain at the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) in Potsdam, where Zorn became in the 2000s a professorship. Zorn also was nominated by the Chinese Cyber Administration (CAC) as a Co-Chair of the High Level Advisory Committee (HAC) for the Chinese World Internet Conference (WIC) in Wuzhen (before the Pandemic).    
    
Best wishes
 
Wolfgang
 
levy syanseke <[log in to unmask]> hat am 13.04.2024 11:55 CEST geschrieben:
 
 
Hi Marilia, 
Thank you for sharing this, it is a great opportunity. 
 
I will join in virtually and learn from the Chinese internet growth journey and how they have laveraged it.
 
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On Fri, 12 Apr 2024, 11:17 Marilia Maciel, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Dear colleagues, 
 
The event below might be of interest. The 30th anniversary of China's connection to the global Internet will take place next week. Diplo and the Fuxi Institution jointly put together a very knowleageble panel, to look back at this period of technological growth in China and in the West, and the challenges foreseen in the future. We hope you can join us on April 19th. 
 
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On 20 April 1994, China connected to the internet. It was one of the most important developments in the digital history of the 20th century. Digitalisation has been the engine behind the rise of the Chinese economy, lifting millions out of poverty. China displays a vibrant digital economy and is home to many leading digital companies.

In the 1990s, US technology was primarily employed to build the ‘eight vertical and eight horizontal’ fibre-optic backbone, a nationwide grid-shaped fibre-optic network representing the core of the Chinese internet. As globalisation boomed, China and the West became increasingly intertwined through growing flows of trade, finance, and by the decentralisation of production. The use of Chinese platforms has grown. China has also enacted a wide range of digital legislation on data security, personal information protection, and digital governance.

In less than two decades, however, telecommunications and mobile technology have become the first well-established fields of geopolitical rivalry between the USA and China. This dispute for leadership is spreading through a vast array of so-called ‘critical and emerging technologies’, including artificial intelligence (AI). Tension is rising between the two digital powers, and measures have been put in place to restrict access to each other’s digital markets.

On the occasion of the 30th anniversary, Diplo will host a discussion focusing on the past growth and future challenges of Chinese digitalisation.

The discussion will address, among others, the following questions:

  • What is the significance of the last 30 years of internet deployment in China for developing the global internet?
  • What are the expectations for the future of China’s internet?
  • What are the main trends in AI and digital regulation in China?
  • What is China’s current and potential future role internationally in AI and digital governance?
 

Panellists

  • Jovan Kurbalija, Director, Diplo; Head, Geneva Internet Platform
  • Lee Xiaodong, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Fuxi Institution; Professor, Tsinghua University
  • Liu Hao, Executive Chair, School of Global Governance, Beijing Institute of Technology
  • Rogier Creemers, Assistant Professor and Lecturer, Modern Chinese Studies, University of Leiden
  • Sorina Teleanu, Director of Knowledge, Diplo

Moderator

  • Marilia Maciel, Head of Digital Commerce and Internet Policy, Diplo 
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To my understanding, all this happened because of two significant events. The internet, an epoch-making innovation, sprang up from the West, while in China, we had been in the Reform and Open-Door Age.

Because of these two significant events, with the impact of the internet, China started to embrace the world market, and China's booming economy became world-shaking. At the same time, because of China's joining, the world also changed profoundly.


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