IDG News Service published a group of articles, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of China being connected to the Internet. These reports range from “A brief history of the Internet in China” to “Chinese Internet users work to make knowledge free.”
The following text is from the interview of Dr. Xu Rongsheng, who built China’s first Net connection.
“The impact of the Internet on China over the past decade seems to have been very significant. Do you agree with that?
Xu: I agree. There are many things that have happened we never thought about. We never thought that so many people would expect to profit from the Internet, that young people would invest money into that, put time into that.
What is your opinion of Chinese government efforts to censor information that’s available on the Internet? In the future, do you expect to see the Internet become more open in China?
In my opinion, there is a long way to go. It’s not easy. There’s no way to control the Internet at the moment. Of course, people are concerned about good content and bad content. The government has tried to get some control over the content that enters China but I think its difficult to control everything”
