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China bloggers talk about recent Google blocking

There are increasing numbers of English-speaking “China bloggers”; many of them are working/living in China now. The voices from this emerging community of bloggers are diverse, informative and fun. Our blogroll really should include some of them as well. Here is some discussion about a recent Google blocking event from China bloggers. Source at T-Salon.

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China Telecom buys six provincial networks for 5.5 billion dollars

AFP reporting from Hong Kong: China Telecom Corp Ltd., the Chinese mainland’s largest fixed-line telephone operator, has agreed to buy six provincial networks from its parent for 46 billion yuan (5.5 billion US dollars) to boost revenue and expansion, the firm said. China Telecom said in a statement that it will take over networks in […]

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China’s Net cafes to be consolidated

Nearly all of China’s 110,000 Internet cafes will be consolidated under the management of larger mainly state-owned companies in the next three years. The government is concerned about the sudden popularity of such cafes, which are gathering places for online gamers and those seeking Web information outside of official sources, in a country where many […]

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Most Internet Cafes to be chains in 3 years

The majority of local Internet cafes, currently exceeding 110,000 in the country, will be put under the management of large chain store companies within three years, as part of efforts by the Chinese government to rein in the fledgling and troublesome business.   Not all of the Internet cafes will be chains, but the government will […]

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Shanghai Telecom launches Internet cafe chain

This Thursday, Shanghai unveiled 30 newly-built chain Internet cafes run by Shanghai Telecom, the first time that the telecom trade extended their business to this field. Uniform management policies will be applied to the Internet cafes, according to an official from Shanghai Telecom. All the cafes will provide uniformly quality services, use uniform logos and […]

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