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China: Entertainment distribution servers forced to locate in the PRC

Announcement

14 Feb 2016

14th February 2016 - The PRC Ministry for Industry and Information Technology announces that any servers hosting online publishing services destined for the Chinese market must be located in the PRC. This includes (but is not limited to) app stores, music and video distribution services.

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1

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0 likely harmful

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Implementation date

14 Feb 2016

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No revocation date

Updated: 14 Feb 2016
Local operations requirement In force

On February 14th, 2016, the PRC Ministry for Industry and Information Technology effectively banned the operation of any firms using foreign servers to distribute entertainment in China. All f...

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