resilience and sustainability, said that there had been a yearlong investigation into “infiltration concerns” that threatened the "very foundations of Wikipedia". Dennis observed that the infiltrators had tried to promote "the aims of China, as interpreted through whatever filters they may bring to bear". Suggesting possible links to the Chinese Communist Party, Dennis said “We needed to act based on credible information that some members (not all) of that group [WMC] have harassed, intimidated, and threatened other members of our community, including in some cases physically harming others, in order to secure their own power and subvert the collaborative nature of our projects”. Competitors On 20 April 2006, the online Chinese search engine company Baidu created Baidu Baike, an online encyclopedia that registered users can edit, pending administrator reviews. The content of the encyclopedia is self-censored in accordance with the regulations of the People's Republic of China government. Within weeks, the number of articles in Baidu Baike had surpassed that of the Chinese Wikipedia. However, Baidu Baike has long been accused of copying and reproducing articles from Chinese Wikipedia. As of October 2009, Hudong Wiki surpassed Baidu Baike as China's largest online encyclopedia in terms of number of articles it owns. Hudong has since been renamed to Baike, not to be confused with Baidu Baike. Baidu Baike and Hudong are both commercial products. Whereas the Chinese Wikipedia is released under the GNU Free Documentation License, Baidu Baike and Hudong are fully copyrighted by their ownership; contributors forfeit all rights upon submission. However, Baidu Baike has been accused of "widespread copyright infringement" by mass-copying Wikipedia pages and incorporating them into Baidu Baike pages since 2007. See also Internet censorship in the People's Republic of China Politics of the People's Republic of China Golden Shield Project Chinese encyclopedias List of Wikipedias The Signpost, 26 September 2021 Zhemao hoaxes References External links Chinese Wikipedia Chinese Wikimedia Conference 2006 Liao, Tan-Heng. "Wikipedia in mainland China: the critical years of 2005-2008." ’Oxford Internet Suite'’'. Oxford University. Woo, Eva. "China, Wikipedia, and Censorship's Perils." BusinessWeek''. 20 October 2007. Internet properties established in 2001 Wikipedias by language Chinese online encyclopedias Articles containing video clips