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ICANN has now approved the delegation of two Chinese-character ccTLD’s (country code top level domains) to China. Additionally, they approved two to Taiwan, and one to Hong Kong. The requests for the three countries ccTLD’s were approved to move forward in April.
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After China’s crackdown on the .cn domain name, registrations have fallen by 39% in the last four months alone, despite the fact that the country re-opened registration after the ban.
Because the cheap registrations had made the ccTLD a popular name for porn and other …
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After banning individuals from registering .cn country code domain names, China has plans to now re-open registration. The ban occurred as the country cracked down on pornography and false domain registrations. The ccTLD had quickly become popular due to its extremely low pricing, but this low pricing also made it …
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GoDaddy’s website has been blocked in China. While no official reason has been announced, speculations include that it is part of an effort to “prevent people from registering Olympic winner’s names”. Another speculation is that it will encourage Chinese users to register their domain names in China, rather through the …
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Cybersquatting in Asia has been increasing as the cost of domain names has decreased. Studies show that the cost of China’s .cn extension has dropped so much that it’s actually encouraging the growth of cybersquatting. Some Registrars offer .cn names for as little as $3 a year.…
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ICANN and a Chinese Internet Registry are denying reports that China plans to devise its own TLD domains in order to circumvent ICANN’s control. The rumors stem from three Chinese character domain names that many interpret as Chinese TLDs, but are actually run on the .cn servers.…
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Chinese Internet surfers attempting to get to Google are being redirected to a variety of similar search services in China. The government has also blocked traffic to AltaVista.…
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