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| China is creating its own Wikipedia |
It is being called the first "digital Book of All" in China and is expected to be online next year. The project was approved for the first time in 2011, but the work did not begin until recently. It will initially include more than 300.000 entries, each of which shall consist of approximately 1.000 words.
The content will be collected from the third and most up-to-date edition of the Chinese Encyclopedia, which gathers the information of more than 20.000 authors consisting of staff of university and research institutions. In total, more than 100 different disciplines are covered by the encyclopedia, and this will surely only expand once the transfer to an online resource is complete.
According to the South China Morning Post, the encyclopedia is known as "a great Wall of culture", or at least this is called by the project's editor-in-chief, Yang Muzhi. The president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Bai Chunli, said that "it would show China's latest scientific and technological advances, promote historical heritage, increase soft cultural power, and strengthen the fundamental values of socialism."
However, do not expect the content of this online encyclopedia to be close and open as what appears on Wikipedia. All content will inevitably be pre-approved, and anything in Wikipedia currently blocked by China is unlikely to appear in the Chinese alternative, at least not before being censured.
The content will be collected from the third and most up-to-date edition of the Chinese Encyclopedia, which gathers the information of more than 20.000 authors consisting of staff of university and research institutions. In total, more than 100 different disciplines are covered by the encyclopedia, and this will surely only expand once the transfer to an online resource is complete.
According to the South China Morning Post, the encyclopedia is known as "a great Wall of culture", or at least this is called by the project's editor-in-chief, Yang Muzhi. The president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Bai Chunli, said that "it would show China's latest scientific and technological advances, promote historical heritage, increase soft cultural power, and strengthen the fundamental values of socialism."
However, do not expect the content of this online encyclopedia to be close and open as what appears on Wikipedia. All content will inevitably be pre-approved, and anything in Wikipedia currently blocked by China is unlikely to appear in the Chinese alternative, at least not before being censured.
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