Imagine a life without wikipedia. While for the greater part of the West this idea seems ridiculous, but because of the tight censorship of the Internet, a world without a wiki has become a reality in China. Now, trying to make up for lost time, the Chinese government wants to create its own online encyclopedia. The Communist government for the project called "Chinese Encyclopedia" is gaining 20 thousand people to fill the site with more than 300 thousand new articles.

The "Chinese Encyclopedia", thanks to the efforts of thousands of scientists involved in writing articles on more than 100 different disciplines, will be published on the Internet next year, and the editor of the project Jan Muzhi called it "The Great Wall of Culture". While such Chinese Internet companies as Baidu and Qihoo 360 already have their own online encyclopedias, they can not be compared with Wikipedia. But for Muzhi the goal is not just to match Wiki - but to surpass it: "We have the biggest, most professional team of authors in the world. Our goal is not to overtake, but to overtake ".

Muzhi states that the release of the encyclopedia will contribute to scientific and technical progress in the country, the promotion of historical heritage and the strengthening of the values ??of socialism. China has the world's largest number of Internet users - 720 million people.

And yet, ironically, strict censorship laws severely restrict access to the network. Considering that some of the world's most advanced censorship technologies are used in the country, President Xi Jinping's recent calls to the people to work together to develop the Internet seem somewhat empty.

While it is unclear what impact the government will have on the content of the "Chinese Encyclopedia" - but it is unlikely that this content will become a stronghold of neutrality.