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CIIIRC Announces List of Vulgar WAP Sites

CIIRC, 4/10/09

The Internet Society of China's Internet Illegal Information Reporting Centre (CIIIRC) has released a list of 12 WAP sites reported and confirmed to contain pornographic or vulgar content, including the WAP sites from Google, Baidu (Nasdaq: BIDU), Sina (Nasdaq: SINA), Sohu (Nasdaq: SOHU), 58.com, and mobile search engine Easou. Read More...

Xinjiang Mobile, SARFT Cooperate on Telecom Services

Xinjiang City Newspaper, 4/10/09

On April 9, the local State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region signed a framework agreement for service cooperation with Xinjiang Mobile, confirming that the two organizations will work together on broadband services, channel sharing, and value-added services. Read More...

MIIT Loosens Software Policy Restrictions

Beijing Business Today, 4/10/09

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) implemented new software product management measures today enabling software product developers and manufacturers to directly market and sell their software products. Read More...

Shanda to Use Pay-to-Play Model for Aion

17173.com, 4/10/09

Gaming company Shanda (Nasdaq: SNDA) announced yesterday evening that the game Aion will make use of a time-based payment model that will take effect April 16 with the release of the all-new commercial version 1.0 of "Yaosai Pan Long" (unofficial translation: The Coiled Stronghold). Read More...

Baidu YouA to Start B2C Business

Sohu IT, 4/10/09

Li Mingyuan, general manager of e-commerce business for Chinese online search firm Baidu (Nasdaq: BIDU), has stated that Baidu's e-commerce platform "YouA" would enter the B2C market in the future. Read More...

SNS Xiaonei Launches "Female Channel"

Yunkeji.com, 4/10/09

Chinese online social networking service (SNS) Xiaonei has launched a Women's channel, a response by Xiaonei to demographics showing the majority of female Xiaonei users are recent university graduates and have higher purchasing power than Xiaonei's male users. Read More...