Comments on: China bans foreign investment in online gaming

By: edwardfane

edwardfane — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:21:16 +0000

I think that the Chinese government is going to invest in their own online games industry, and that is the main reason for the ban. I've been searching for documents about investment and I found this site: Yellow documents. Edward

By: freedoms_stain

freedoms_stain — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:54:21 +0000

If anyone tried this in the West it’d be denounced as protectionism.

By: ybfelix

ybfelix — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:08:13 +0000

This is strange.. IIRC GAPP doesn’t actually have administrative power over MMO gaming or trading.(It’s under Ministry of Culture/Commerce)

And as of now there is effectively no foreign investment in Chinese MMO operating already, it’s hard to compete with deeply entrenched local operators. For example WoW is operated by NetEase