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MySpace China Loses Out To Local Competition

The story of western social network sites losing out to local Chinese competitors continues; this time MySpace China joins the list as its CEO Luo Chuan makes it official that he is going to leave to join a local online video startup. Although it is a... ...full story at China Vortex

from China Vortex on Sat, Sep 06 2008

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