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Months after being caught in a dispute between Chinese regulators, World of Warcraft is having a smoother time clearing government hurdles in China. Last Friday, the expansion pack “Wrath of the Lich King” was approved by the country’s General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP).

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Earlier this week, there was a bit of a ruckus over a mandate that was released over the weekend by the Chinese General Administration of Press and Publication and the National Copyright Administration, which suggested that foreign investors would be barred from taking stakes in China’s online game market players in virtually any form. The circular, jointly released by the GAPP and the copyrights association said overseas bodies would be banned from investment in China’s online game operat

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The video gaming sector is grappling with China’s new, stricter interpretation of a ban on the involvement of foreign companies in the sector in China. In particular, the move could force Netease (NTES) to take its version of World of Warcraft offline, according to research firm Wedge MKI . That would also have negative implications for Activision (ATVI) , which licenses the game to Netease. In a research note, Wedge observes that China’s General Administration of Press and Publicat

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We reported last month on the return to China of Activision Blizzard Inc.’s ( NASDAQ: ATVI ) World of Warcraft , and how administrative rights over who regulates what regarding online games have been sorted out . Well, it appears that the General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) is having its own interpretation of the government guidelines, Click here to visit NetEase.com’s World of Warcraft website. as they have undertaken a crackdown covering more than 200 ga

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Oct. 12 – The General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) and the National Copyright Administration has announced that foreign investment in China’s online gaming industry is now banned in any form reports Xinhua.According to the circular, foreign businesses are prohibited from investing in online gaming operations through wholly owned enterprises, joint ventures and cooperatives. The new directive extends to suspending foreign firms from indirectly influencing local gaming firms thr

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