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The IPv6 Transition

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Animats ◴[20 Oct 24 07:23 UTC] No.41893593[source]▶
China's IPv6 transition is 74% complete.[1] Conversion to IPv6 was specifically called out in China's 14th Five Year Plan, which gives the goal high visibility within the government and the Party. Conversion is quite far along. The current goal is everything IPv6 enabled by 2025, IPv4 turns off in 2030.

99% of the top 100 mobile applications in China are on IPv6. China Mobile's backbone is now IPv6 only.

[1] https://www.china-ipv6.cn/#/

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mike_d ◴[21 Oct 24 00:52 UTC] No.41899761[source]▶
The IPv6 transition is a side effect of China building their own internal "internet" from the ground up that will not be connected to what we think of as the internet. "Turning off IPv4" is code for shutting off the DFZ and users only being able to reach other networks within the country.

We should absolutely not be pointing to this as a success or a model for other countries.

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1. orangeboats ◴[21 Oct 24 10:04 UTC] No.41902487[source]▶
What? You can still connect to worldwide IPv6 endpoints in China -- some endpoints are censored, just the same as how the IPv4 firewall is accomplished.

You are describing as if the IPv6 network within China is completely blocked off from the wider network. It's not.