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Taiwan is Live

Taiwan's idn ccTLDs 台湾 and 台灣 are now live. Here are some random finds: Accommodation Management 安信租屋.台灣 Asia University 亞洲大學.台灣 Asia-Pacific Mobile Phones 亞太手機網 亞太雙模.台灣 Atomic Energy Council 行政院原子能委員會.台灣 & 行政院原子能委员会.台湾 Baby & Mother 嬰兒與母親.台灣 & 婴儿与母亲.台湾 Baiyo Enterprise 百泑企業有限公司 批發電視購物按摩器清潔用品.台灣 & 魔力家系列.台灣 Battery Specialist 電池專家.台灣 Breakfast Shop 早餐店.台灣 Carrefour 家福股份有限公司 家樂福.台灣 & 家乐福.台湾 Central Bank of the Republic of China 中央銀行.台灣 Central Election Commission 中央選舉委員會.台灣 Chiali Meatballs 佳里肉圓.台灣 Chiayi County Government 嘉義縣政府.台灣 Chief Spa Hotel 台東天龍溫泉飯店 台東飯店.台灣 Complete Marketing 整體行銷.台灣 Cōngwèi Chicken 蔥味雞.台灣 Copartner Tech Corp. 聯穎科技股份有限公司 聯穎科技.台灣 Council for Cultural Affairs 行政院文化建設委員會.台灣 Disaster Mitigation 防災教育數位平台.台灣 DSG Technology 德士通科技股份有限公司 網路通訊.台灣 & 网路通讯.台湾 English Vocabulary 江慶新 英文單字學習法 英文單字.台灣 Fashion Lighting Group 晶點流行燈飾 流行燈飾.台灣 Food Reviews Blog 口口.台灣 George's Blog 生活的點點滴滴 志吉.台灣 Happiness 幸福.台灣 Hóngdá Stinky Tofu 台南美食-鴻達臭豆腐創始店(不好吃免錢)...

Internationalising Academia

Most British Universities are now switched onto Internationalization. I have seen many statements of intent from British Universities. The intent being to internationalize their environment, their initiatives, their research and their curricula. Over the past few years I have been turning intent into practice. I have now incorporated aspects of internationalization into most of the modules I teach. Many international students come to Britain to study. Most come for a Masters programme. They come for a British education and a British experience. I endeavour to turn this British education into a British + international education. It is my aim and practice to give my students the knowledge and skills that can be used globally. So, how exactly do I achieve this? Below, for some of my modules, I give a brief description of some of my internationalisation initiatives. Essential Skills for Computing (Eskills) The international content of this module consists of one lecture entitled Fonts . In...

Taiwan's idn ccTLDs

Taiwan's idn ccTLDs 台湾 and 台灣 were entered into the Root Name Servers on 14th July 2010. This does not though mean that they are now live. Taiwan's Registry Name Servers have not yet been set up to resolve 台湾 and 台灣. The current situation is that a lookup of 台灣 gives the result "Non-Existent Domain". A lookup of 台湾 gives more interesting results. The Registry Name Servers are using DNAME to map 台湾 to 台灣 which, currently, is a non-existent domain. I used www.simpledns.com/lookup-dg.aspx to perform a DNS delegation trace of 台湾 and 台灣 to determine the current state of Taiwan's Registry Name Servers. I used Taiwan's National Central University's web addresses for my tests. Their working addresses are: Simplified Chinese 国立中央大学.tw Traditional Chinese 國立中央大學.tw For my tests I used the 台湾 and 台灣 forms of these addresses. In order to use the DNS delegation trace service one must use the punycode form of the addresses, as follows: xn--fiqr8sswb1a55zxr2e.xn--kprw13...

Chinese Companies

The China's idn ccTLDs 中国 and 中國 went live on 9th July 2010. Many Chinese Companies have been very quick to adopt these idn ccTLds. Having said that, I believe that they have been ready to go for some time. Shenzhen Jerima Technology announced the launch of their 中国 address on 15th July 2010. Below, I list some of the Chinese Companies that have implemented 中国 or 中國 addresses. Adabiao Garments 广东阿达彪服装有限公司 中国休闲运动服饰优质供应商.中国 Anhui Huatong Cable Group 安徽华通电缆集团有限公司 华通电缆.中国 Anping County XiangGuang Metal Net 安平县翔光金属网业有限公司 翔光金属网业有限公司.中国 Balesol Decorating Materials 法国芭丽软膜天花.中国 Bank of Jiaxing 嘉兴银行股份有限公司 嘉兴银行.中国 Bank of Jiaxing 嘉兴银行股份有限公司 嘉興銀行.中國 Beijing Dongcheng Agriculture Technology 北京东成盛世农业科技有限公司 东成盛世.中国 Beijing Likang Moving Company 北京利康搬家公司.中国 Beijing YingHai XiMen Technology 北京瀛海西门科技发展有限公司 瀛海科技.中国 Beijing Yingyuanya Foods 北京樱源鸭食品有限公司 樱源食品.中国 Beijing Yongtai Hydraulic & Lubrication Machinery 分配器.中国 & 北京永泰.中国 & 润滑设备.中国 Blue Glass Boutique 宿迁蓝色玻璃精品有限公司 蓝色玻璃.中国 Chángzhōu ...