Excuse me if this has already been posted, didn't see it.

http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story (http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/69624.html?wlc=1269646283)

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GoDaddy.com and Network Solutions have discontinued their domain name registration activities in China in the wake of stepped-up requests for detailed information on customers. The news came to light earlier this week in Congressional hearings focusing on Google's decision to stop censoring its search results there -- and the subsequent fallout from that decision.
GoDaddy said it received demands for additional information about its existing customers, along with a new mandate that it provide this data for all new customers.

Yes, there's a thread or two about this in the lounge, but I don't mind repeating that it's actually China (CNNIC) that has suspended overseas registrars since January, and not the other way round.

I use OpenSRS for domain registrations and they discontinued .ch registrations in January over the documentation requirements from CNNIC.

Godaddy & Network Solutions PUSH Out Of China ;)

http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/010610_CNNIC_Suspends_New_Foreign_CN_Registrations_Indefinitely

No loss here.

Providing detailed information on customers would have been expensive. There is likely to be a big decline in .cn registrations in a few years.