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China Tech Roundup: Fans of Hu and Wen, online games and MP4 Players

Kongzhong has released its role playing game "Tian Jie Online" on China Mobile's Mobile Online Game Platform, the first of three mobile online games to be released on China Mobile's new game platform. Shanghai doesn't seem the ideal place to buy a MP4... ...full story at Shanghaiist

from Shanghaiist on Fri, Sep 12 2008

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