Citing an unnamed source ‘in-the-know’, the official newspaper China Daily’s web site has reported that even though China has postponed the July 1 deadline pertaining to its requirement of the Internet filtering program – Green Dam Youth Escort - for all computers sold in the country, the condition has not yet been totally lifted.

According to the source, it is merely “a matter of time” before the actual enforcement of the mandate, for PC makers to ship the program, becomes effective. The source also added that the postponement of the mandate would give China the chance to seek additional inputs regarding the successful implementation of the obligatory condition.

The source reiterated: “The government will definitely carry on the directive on Green Dam,” though the timeline of putting the policy in place is yet to be announced.

Going by the perceptions of the analysts, the Chinese government generally takes nearly a year’s time toying with a ‘not accepted’ technology policy disparaged by Western companies. Since Green Dam falls in that criticize ‘ostracized’ category of Chinese policy, it would likely take a year for the matter to be resolved for good!

David Wolf, CEO of Beijing-based marketing strategy firm Wolf Group Asia, said: “I see this getting resolved sometime over the next 12 months, simply because that's just how these things usually work out.”