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China: Banning foreign investment in online game

Chad Catacchio from Stir fired China comments on the Chinese government's recent ban on foreign investment in online game. The blogger believes that the policy is to do with the central government's concern about the contamination of youths'... ...full story at Global Voices

from Global Voices on Tue, Oct 13 2009

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19 Jun 08 visit Zu Online Exploring  »  YouTube videoA game i found searching after another game.. (dont remember what game :) Well this was looking cool so i downloaded it =) as you can see it's as chinese painted =D sorry for quality and the hypercam =) ZU ONLINE: chinese kong-fu massively multiplayer...
13 Oct 09 visit Banned by Beijing: Foreign Investment in Online Games  »  China Journal Chinese regulators have banned foreign investment in the domestic online game industry, according to an announcement released over the past weekend by the central departments in charge of the press, copyrights and illegal publications
10 Oct 09 visit Goodbye to foreign online games?  »  People's Daily China is going to forbid foreign investment for domestic operational services of online game, according to China's General Administration of Press and Publication. Foreign investors are not allowed to participate in or control China's online game...
02 Jul 09 visit Outbound investment unlikely to outstrip FDI  »  People's Daily Despite a surge in Chinese overseas direct investment (ODI) in recent years, it is unlikely to outpace inbound foreign direct investment (FDI) this year, government officials and experts said yesterday. Responding to recent forecasts by foreign banks...
04 Nov 09 visit CDB: overseas investment not to be zero-sum game  »  People's Daily Overseas investment is not a zero-sum game and it must insist the principle of mutual benefit and common development, said Chen Yuan, chairman of China Development Bank (CDB) Tuesday, at the opening ceremony of Chinese Foreign Investment and Cooperation...
22 Oct 09 visit Beijing - Foreign companies now barred form Chinese online gaming market  »  angrychineseblogger Are you game? If you're a foreign company looking to invest in China's online game market the answer is apparently now a big fat BU.

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