Comments on: Report: China Halts Overseas Registrars from Registering .CN Domains

By: Domain Name Wire » News » Verify your .Cn Email Address in 15 Days or You Might Lose your Domain - The Domain Industry's News Source

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:47:15 +0000

[...] move is similar to photo ID requirements for new registrations required earlier this year, and banning foreign registrars from registering domains, and was announced in a similarly haphazard manner (read: without [...]

By: Domain Name Wire » News » Go Daddy Dropping .Cn, But Not China - The Domain Industry's News Source

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:46:57 +0000

[...] January 5, .Cn registry CNNIC announced without warning that non-Chinese registrars were no longer allowed to register .cn domain names to customers. This was part of a crack down on criminal activity and, most likely, [...]

By: Domain Name Wire » News » China May Re-Open Individual Registration of .Cn Domain Names - The Domain Industry's News Source

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:05:59 +0000

[...] this month, CNNIC also banned non-Chinese registrars from registering .cn domain names for anyone, including [...]

By: John McCormac

John McCormac — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:35:24 +0000

This move from an open ccTLD to a managed ccTLD by CNNIC is going to hit the numbers of .cn domains registered. It should be interesting to see how .cn ccTLD stacks up against .de ccTLD over the next few months.

By: cnnic excluding overseas registrars for .cn - IDN Forums - Internationalised Domain Names

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:50:36 +0000

[...] and spin will commence soon. a WTO filing from somewhere in Asia or EU is likely by summer, IMHO. http://domainnamewire.com/2010/01/05…ng-cn-domains/ http://www.rrpproxy.net/show_news.php#news1104 CNNIC excludes oversea registrars from .CN [...]

By: DomainersChoice.com

DomainersChoice.com — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:23:26 +0000

This is not really good news. Normally it will take some time for them to come up with the new verification policy, thus all new registration will have to go to the local registrars.

By: Ms Domainer

Ms Domainer — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:45:32 +0000

This just shows that jumping into the ccTLD market can be risky and that domain owners are totally at the whim and mercy of the sponsoring ccTLD registrar.

I predict that China’s next move will be to take away .cn domains from current non-Chinese owners.