Does anyone know if there are any restrictions on registering a .CN domain?
 

Does anyone know if there are any restrictions on registering a .CN domain?

... make sure you wear a facemask !!!

Yes.
Someone knows

Im not 100% on this however i seem to recall when they opened the .cn registry a few months ago that you needed to have a presence in China in order to register the domain of your choice.

Im gonna have a look through my old emails and see if ic an dig the relevant info up for you.

Regards,

Lee

Chinese language domains can only be registered by companies who have had permission from the Chinese governmental body of the Ministry of Information Industry.

As for the local presence section of my previous post, that information was incorrect, you DO NOT need to have a local presence to register .cn domains only if you wish to register localised .cn domains and again, only if you are granted permissin by the Ministry of Information Industry to do so.

Regards,

Lee

Thanks for the information

real question is: why the fuck will somebody want to register a .cn domain? I really don't get it :(

^ was thinking the same thing :321GFY

People might want to register a .cn domain in order to target the 18.9 million Chinese surfers that have come online in the last 24 months.

Just a guess though ;)

Regards,

Lee

No problem happy to help :)

Regards,

Lee

Isn't porn forbidden in China? did you know that Internet traffic is monitored by government? and btw, Chinese cannot type .com? and do they have CC? aren't they mainly a waste of bw? so much questions... :glugglug

I can imagine the Chinese Ministry of Information or whatever: my amelican good flend, heel you have this mighty-mighty .cn domain fol you sucky-sucky page, got lice?

Okay whatever:

http://www.europeanwebmasters.com/ar...blocking.shtml

The fact of the mater is that the US blocks MORE websites than China does :thumbsup

Regards,

Lee