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The Chinese Wikipedia has been blocked in mainland China since May 2015. [2] Nonetheless, the Chinese Wikipedia is still one of the top ten most active versions of Wikipedia by number of edits and number of editors, due to contributions from users from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, and the Chinese diaspora.
Baidu Baike was founded by Robin Li in April 2006, following the Chinese government's decision to censor Wikipedia in 2005. [ 1 ] [ 10 ] The beta version of Baidu Baike was launched on 20 April 2006. [ 1 ] 5 to 20 April was used for a period of internal testing.
China's Wikipedia may refer to: Chinese Wikipedia, the Chinese-language version of Wikipedia; Baidu Baike, a "wiki-like" Chinese-language online encyclopedia; Hudong, another "wiki-like" Chinese-language online encyclopedia; Blocking of Wikipedia in mainland China, China's policy of preventing access to Wikipedia from within the country
In 2007, Chinese government and Chinese industry sources stated that Baidu received a license from Beijing, which allows the search engine to become a full-fledged news website. Thus Baidu is able to provide its own reports, besides showing certain results as a search engine. Baidu was the first Chinese search engine to receive such a license. [25]
For instance, the Chinese Wikipedia automatically transliterates between six standard forms: three using simplified Chinese characters (Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore) and three using traditional Chinese characters (Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau ).
Chinese people often address professionals in formal situations by their occupational titles. These titles can either follow the surname (or full name) of the person in reference, or it can stand alone either as a form of address or if the person being referred to is unambiguous without the added surname.
China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land. [j] With an area of nearly 9.6 million square kilometers (3,700,000 sq mi), it is the third-largest country by total land area.
The Cantonese name of Wikipedia was decided in April 2006, following a vote. In a similar manner to the existing Chinese Wikipedia, the name of Cantonese Wikipedia (simplified Chinese: 维基百科; traditional Chinese: 維基百科; Jyutping: wai4 gei1 baak3 fo1) means "Wiki Encyclopedia".