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Online game World of Warcraft to open free in China while waiting for gov't approval

Testing program of popular online role-play game World of Warcraft will be open to Chinese players for free until it gets an official approval for commercial operation, the game's developer Blizzard Entertainment Inc. confirmed Saturday. Shanghai... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Sun, Aug 16 2009

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