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reuters.com - 10/12/2009
China bans foreign investment in online games industry
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China has banned foreign investment into its lucrative online games industry in an effort to tighten control over its virtual worlds. China's video game industry regulator the General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) and copyright watchdog issued a circular on ...
China bans foreign investment in online games industry
joystiq.com - 10/14/2009
China bans foreign investment in online games industry
— joystiq.com — The People's Republic of China is building a great economic wall around its domestic online gaming industry.... Reuters reports the General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) is prohibiting investment by foreigners in the industry, ... (more) China bans foreign investment in online games industry
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virtualworldsnews.com - 10/14/2009
China Bans Foreign Investment In Online Games, Virtual Worlds
— virtualworldsnews.com — Foreign companies who seek to invest in or even buy game companies in China are out of... luck, says the Chinese government's official news agency, Xinhua. Over the weekend the government run General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) and... (more) China Bans Foreign Investment In Online Games, Virtual ...
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China Tightens Regulation On Foreign Online Game Operation
gamasutra.com - 10/12/2009
China Tightens Regulation On Foreign Online Game Operation
— gamasutra.com — China's General Administration of Press and Publication and its National Copyright Administration have re-iterated and apparently strengthened... their regulatory powers over online games operated out of China, requiring preapproval before any game can ... (more) China Tightens Regulation On Foreign Online Game Operation
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GamePolitics News:  Chinese Agency: Foreign Online Game Operators Not Allowed

Massively:  Chinese agencies taking stake in online gaming

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Chinese Agency: Foreign Online Game Operators Not Allowed
GamePolitics News — ... Reuters states that the ban covers all foreign investment in online games, including joint ventures, agreements and technology support, which may not be good news for NetEase.com, the new operator of World of Warcraft in China. ...

Chinese agencies taking stake in online gaming
Massively — ... is getting into motion, the Chinese government is making some moves regarding the future of online games in China. It's a sweeping change, at that -- the General Administration of Press and Publication, the regulator of games in China, made a declaration officially preventing any foreign companies from operating a game in China, through joint ventures or otherwise. The move is fairly clearly intended to prevent any foreign companies from muscling in on China's lucrative online gaming market, but it's possible that liberal interpretations of "investors" might even include ...

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