According to ChinaDaily.com, the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) said they were going to allow individuals once again to register “.cn” domain names.
Last month China announced that only registered companies inside China could own .cn domains.
“It’s a trend that individuals register their own domain names,” said Qi Lin, assistant deputy from CNNIC.
“We are now working to check whether individual registrars’ information is true, complete and accurate, and based on this we can quicken our speed in drawing up the regulation on individual domain name registration.”
According to CNNIC figures, “.cn” domain names in China reached 13.6 million by the end of 2008, a year-on-year increase of 61 percent. But the number dropped slightly to 13.5 million last year.
China launched a crackdown on online pornography last year, with nearly 9,000 pornographic websites shut down by the year end.
Personally I would not directly invest any serious money in the .cn extension sitting here in the US, since China’s governmental policies are subject to change on any given day without notice.
“Personally I would not directly invest any serious money in the .cn extension sitting here in the US, since their the government’s policies are subject to change on any given day without notice.”
their the government? or there the government’s 😉 or the government’s policies 😛
I think a few .cn’s wouldn’t be a bad idea. Prices are depressed right now because of the uncertainty but imho I think it will be ok. Scary stuff is happening in every country on the planet. Countries with law’s that change on a whim? Can you say Patriot Act?
Best.