Hi Harry - I think this thing is just a compromise because for the Chinese person how do they type ".com" using Latin script when (a) they do not know Latin script and (b) Latin script is missing from their Chinese keyboard. Waudo On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:04 +0300, "Harry Hare" <harry@africanedevelopment.org> wrote: [1]http://www.cio.co.ke/index.php/view-all-main-stories/333-ic ann-approves-internationalized-domain-names.html I’m not sure this is internationalization or localisation, and the first challenge...how do you type .com in Chinese on your QWERTY keyboard? Harry African eDevelopment Resource Centre eDevelopment House : : 604 Limuru Road Old Muthaiga : : P O Box 49475 00100 Nairobi : : Kenya T +254 20 3741646/7 : : C +254 725 650044 Training : : Research: :Consultancy: : Publishing References 1. http://www.cio.co.ke/index.php/view-all-main-stories/333-icann-approves-inte...