Chinese Wikipedia is the Chinese-language edition of the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, which began in the early 2000s, not long after the project itself was founded. It is written in both Simplified and Traditional Chinese characters, with software that converts automatically between the two forms and regional vocabulary variants, so that readers in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore see text in their own conventions. The edition is written by volunteers around the world and is one of the larger editions of the project. It has been blocked by the authorities in mainland China at various times, and since 2019 the whole of Wikipedia has been inaccessible there. A separate Cantonese edition exists.
Before and after
- 14 August 2002Discovery of Neso
- 22 August 2002Establishment of Tumucumaque National Park
- 24 August 2002Publication of Estonian Wikipedia
- 20 September 2002Release of Tor
- October 2002Release of Chinese Wikipedia
- from October 2002 to January 2003Effacer le tableau
- 11 October 2002Release of Korean Wikipedia
- 26 October 2002Moscow theater hostage crisis
- 26 October 2002Release of Malay Wikipedia
More in Science & technology
- 1945Discovery of promethium
- 1950Discovery of californium
- 1952Discovery of einsteinium
- December 1952Discovery of fermium
- 29 August 1982Discovery of meitnerium
- June 2002Discovery of oganesson
The era
This moment belongs to the Contemporary world (1945 CE to today), the world since 1945. You can also browse everything in the 21st century.