There seems to be a lot of confusion and old information floating around about what is or isn’t an ICP may be and what is needed to get one and then as announced today – additional steps needed during the actual application process.
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China ICP FAQ
Published by August 12th, 2010 in Business Development, China, Tech Horizon and The Cloud. 0 CommentsChina Government Notice August 2010: ICP Application Process
Published by August 12th, 2010 in Business Development, China, Tech Horizon and The Cloud. 0 CommentsWith new regulations enforced by MIIT, Internet Service Providers are obliged to conform to the current ICP application procedure. Specifications are as follows:
Double ICP Needed
Published by July 26th, 2010 in Business Development, China and The Cloud. 3 CommentsPreviosuly you would have to decide between a “normal” ICP as needed for all business online properties. Or a “commerical” ICP for doing trades/shopping cart/ecommerce.
Google Using Site Speed Ranking & China Based Servers
Published by April 19th, 2010 in Business Development, China and Tech Horizon. 1 CommentIt is also no secret that the percentage of users in China that would love to use foreign web sites for most of their daily stuff – is quite low. Yes stuff is blocked. But the lion’s share of Chinese speaking people want Chinese sites with Chinese stuff of them. They are located inside China.
Cultural Understanding Course (Payment)
Published by April 7th, 2010 in Business Development and China. 1 CommentA former client of mine who was involved in a new venture recently quizzed me as to whether or not “We require clients to undertake the Cultural Understanding Course” if they do hosting and services with us?
The History of Chinese ICP and .CN Requirements
Published by March 15th, 2010 in Business Development, China and Tech Horizon. 7 CommentsThere has been a bit of a maelstrom recently regarding the use of .CN and ICP certificates all on top of the existing confusion.
So to try and set the record straight I am going to give a nice little walk through the pages of history and clearly state the facts of the matter from the inception until the present. And hopefully not only explain what the situation is, yet also how it came about and the anthropology of how we got to the situation that we have today.
Is GAPP About To Drop The Hammer On Netease and World Of Warcraft?
Published by January 13th, 2010 in Business Development and China. 0 CommentsJust like the current confusion over .cn, registrations, ICP – ICP by itself let alone in combination with others. Rules in China are one thing – but this isn’t the first time that two regulators don’t agree and have a pissing match. Or the rule creation and rule enforcement depts are thinking different things. DigiCha [...]
The foreigner with email in China = Poor Communicator
Published by December 11th, 2009 in Business Development and China. 0 Comments“One of our contributors sent me through an urgent news story in the morning which I
was completely unaware of until the end of the day – when 600 emails
suddenly landed in my inbox.”

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