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"I guess the celebrations were premature. According to a China government official, Chinese authorities haven't given up on web filtering program Green Dam; they've just postponed it. \nThe controversial program was supposed to be installed on all new PCs sold in China from July 1st onwards, but after strong protests from both the Chinese people and the PC sellers its launch was postponed indefinitely. \nHowever, it's bound to come back, according to an unnamed government official. Speaking to China Daily, he said: \n\"The government will definitely carry on the directive on Green Dam. It's just a matter of time. What will happen is that some PC manufacturers will have it included with their PC packages sooner than the others. But there is no definite deadline at the moment.\"\nThis was always a possibility. The implementation of this entire initiative was sloppy, and just as we've noted earlier, this was probably the cause for postponement, and not some sudden change in China's policies with regard to censorship and the Internet. \n*Update: AP reports that more companies have taken after Sony, including Green Dam bundled with new PCs sold in China. The list includes Benq, Acer, and Haier, with other companies, such as Asus, claiming they're planning to start bundling Green Dam with their PCs. HP, Dell and Toshiba still haven't decided how to proceed, but overall it seems that, regardless of its postponement, Green Dam has already won."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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