China Blizzard

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  Snowfall In China Cancels Flights, Forces School Closures

  Unseasonably cold weather and blizzards came early for northeast China on Monday, with the country's most northernmost province, Heilongjiang, cancelling flights and closing schools, according to state media and government notices.

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  World of Warcraft China Shut Down Cuts Off Millions of Gamers

  Gamers in China have lost access to World of Warcraft, owing to the furious dispute between Activision Blizzard and NetEase, its longtime partner in the market. The Chinese game publisher confirmed previously that it rejected a proposal from Blizzard to extend the partnership for six months. Blizzard has promised World of Warcraft players in the co...

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  NetEase Declines Activision Blizzard’s Offer to Extend Partnership for Publishing in China

  Chinese games publisher NetEase confirmed that it rejected a proposal from Activision Blizzard, which sought to extend their long-term partnership for six months. NetEase claims the proposal was “commercially illogical,” and accused the US firm of “seeking a divorce but still remaining attached,” in a rare public display of acrimony between...

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  Activision Blizzard to Suspend China Game Services After NetEase Licenses End in January

  Activision Blizzard will suspend most Blizzard game services in China, after its current licensing agreements with NetEase end in January, the publisher said on Thursday. The company said new sales would be suspended in the coming days and players would receive further details.

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  SoftBank Doubles Down With Buy Back After $10 Billion Vision Fund Hit

  Softbank’s Vision Fund has taken a $10 billion hit from a decline in share prices of its portfolio companies and China's regulatory crackdown on tech firms.

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  Chips, Renewables Gain Focus From China Investors Who Plan to Avoid Regulators’ Attention

  Investors in China are turning to semiconductors, renewable energy, and consumer-focussed firms in the belief they offer safe-harbour from a blizzard of regulatory action that has battered confidence and forced funds to overhaul their portfolios.

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  Tencent Gets 'Wake-Up Call' From China's Assertions of Patriotism

  The National Basketball Association, Blizzard, and now one of its most important portfolio companies, Fortnite proprietor Epic Games, have all sparked political controversy at a time of increasingly assertive Chinese nationalism online.

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  Blizzard Restores Hong Kong Hearthstone Player’s Winnings, Says China Not a Factor in Ban

  Blizzard became the target of a boycott by gamers and a walk-out by employees this week after it decided to deny Blitzchung $10,000 in prize money and ban him for a year.

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  For China's Single Men, Vietnamese Brides Are Just A Click Away

  Marriage to a Vietnamese bride is just a click -- and a few thousand dollars -- away on a blizzard of Chinese websites promising to solve the "single problems" of China's men.

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  China Receives First Snowfall Amid Blue Alert

  China today received its first snowfall after the weather department issued a blue alert warning of snow or blizzards in northern part of the country.

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  542 Passengers Evacuated From Vehicles After Blizzard Hits China's Xinjiang

  Rescuers in China have evacuated 542 passengers from their vehicles after they were trapped in a blizzard in northwest Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

• Trapped Antarctic ship passengers can't go overboard with New Year celebrations

  Passengers and crew aboard a Russian ship trapped for eight days in ice off Antarctica planned to ring in the New Year with dinner, drinks and song as they waited for a break in a blizzard to allow a Chinese helicopter to rescue them.

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  Wanna play Call of Duty online for free? Move to China!

  Activision aims to take its popular Call of Duty title as a free-to-play online game to China in a bid to expand its footprint in Asia.