As previously scheduled, Shanghai-based online game company The9 officially ceased operating World of Warcraft, or WoW, in China on Sunday, June 7 (at three minutes past midnight, to be exact). ...full story at China Journal
from China Journal on Mon, Jun 08 2009
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