China.com Finds New Buyer For CNY150 Million

China.com ScreenshotChina.com, the first big tech IPO from China and one-time darling of netizens of Beijing in the late 1990s before …

GoDaddy Seeks Chinese Domain Name Buyers

domain nameGoDaddy.com, one of the largest top-level domain name sellers in the United States, is aiming for more Chinese business in …

Famous Four Media Expands Into China

Gibraltar, February 10, 2016 /ChinaNewswire.com/ – Famous Four Media, the world’s leading domain name management company for new-style domain names, is expanding its operations into the Asian geography by opening a Wholly Foreign Owned Entity in China for the purpose of applying for Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) accreditation. Famous Four Media is … Continue reading “Famous Four Media Expands Into China”

CNNIC Report: 27.9% Of Chinese Netizens Live In Rural Areas

China Internet Network Information Center’s latest Internet statistics showcase the breadth of the country’s online population. Its recently published 36th Statistical Report on Internet Development in China states that by June 2015, China had 668 million netizens, representing an increase of 18.94 million netizens over the past six months. At the same time, China’s Internet […]

Google Freezes Chinese Websites And Certificate Authority

Thousands of Chinese websites will soon be marked unsafe by Google’s Chrome browser. Adam Langley, a Google security engineer, says, “On Friday, March 20th, we became aware of unauthorized digital certificates for several Google domains. The certificates were issued by an intermediate certificate authority apparently held by a company called MCS Holdings. This intermediate certificate […]

Chinese Internet Company Sets Domain Name Record With USD17 Million Purchase

How much is a good website domain name worth these days? An insider from Qihoo 360 confirmed that the company has invested USD17 million, which is about CNY110 million, to acquire the top-level domain 360.com. This top-level domain was previously owned by telecom carrier Vodafone. At present, the domain has directed to Qihoo 360’s search […]

Xiaomi Adopts New Domain Name For Online Rebranding

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has launched its new domain name Mi.com, and users will be re-directed to this domain when visiting the old one at Xiaomi.com. According to domain record information, the current holder of Mi.com is Xiaomi and the information updated date is April 21, 2014. Xiaomi reportedly spent over USD1 million on this […]

HiChina Inks Deal For Internet Domain Name Opportunities

Internet domain name registry service provider Afilias Limited is working with Alibaba.com’s HiChina to help Chinese brands take advantage of ICANN’s new TLD program.

DotAsia Includes DNSSEC Implementation For Domain Names

Afilias and DotAsia jointly announced last week that domain name system security extensions has been enabled for the .ASIA top-level domain.

China To Resume Personal Website Domain Name Registrations

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has issued to domain name registrars a circular which asks further work to be done to verify the registration information of websites in the coming weeks.

Xinjiang Removes Firewall Around 27 Additional Chinese Websites

According to information from the press office of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, to meet local people’s demands for Internet, the region started to reopen 27 widely used and popular websites from February 6, 2010.

Baidu Posts Increased Search Engine Profit In China

Amidst news of a major security breach and the fleeing of its chief technology officer, Chinese search engine Baidu.com has managed to post increased profit for the end of 2009.

Japanese Firm Inks E-commerce Search Engine Deal In China With Baidu

Days after it was reportedly attacked by Iranian hackers and the company’s chief technology officer quit, Chinese search engine Baidu.com has tried to change its wayward momentum with a newly inked joint venture with a Japanese e-commerce website.

China’s Alibaba Buys New Domain Name For Internet Wholesale Business

Chinese B2B e-commerce group Alibaba has bought a new domain name, 1688.com, for the launch of its new online wholesale business.

Baidu.com: Website Failure Caused By Illegal Domain Name Tampering

Chinese online search engine Baidu.com went down today in an episode some users suspect has to do with Iranian Internet hackers.

CNNIC Closes Overseas Registration Of .CN Website Domain Names

According to information from foreign domain name registration service providers, China Internet Network Information Center has required these providers to suspend new registrations for .CN website domain names.

Price Increase For .CN Chinese Website Domain Names

The China Internet Network Information Center has announced that it has increased the price for .CN domain names, and the new price policy went into effect on January 1, 2010.