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		Why the international Kindle is an achivement. (tech-no-media.com)
		4 points by erlik on Oct 13, 2009 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments

stcredzero on Oct 13, 2009 [–]

I wonder if censorship-happy governments like China have reacted to this yet?

johannchiang on Oct 13, 2009 | [–]

Amazon (Joyo in China) don't have Chinese Kindle books. And Kindle doesn't support Chinese characters without hacks yet.

With censorship on print books, China is already the biggest market for eBooks (no copyright though).

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