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World of Warcraft back and boneless in China

So China has finally lifted the World of Warcraft blackout, no doubt to the joy of both Blizzard and its four-plus-million Chinese fans. Betcha didn't know that half the WoW players in the world are from this country! The reason why WoW's experienced a... ...full story at Shanghaiist

from Shanghaiist on Tue, Sep 22 2009

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