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"China may be considering lifting its ban on game consoles, according to recent reports. This move essentially stems from the Chinese government's recent award of quality certification to the Playstation 3.\nSeven ministries of the Chinese government put the ban into place in 2000, and there seem to be conflicting reports from those ministries about the future of the ban. An unidentified source at the Ministry of Culture was quoted in the China Daily as saying,\"We are reviewing the policy and have conducted some surveys and held discussions with other ministries on the possibility of opening up the game console market.\"\nMeanwhile, a semi-identified source only calling himself \"Bai\" at the ministry\u2019s cultural market department said the \"ministry is not considering lifting the ban.\"\nLenovo managed to sneak its Eedoo CT510 system into the Chinese market despite the ban last year. The Eedoo is similar to the Xbox Kinect as it senses a user\u2019s motion to control the games. Lenovo billed it as an \"exercise and entertainment machine.\" It stands to reason that other consoles could make the same argument for systems like Wii Fit and Playstation Move.\nWhether or not the rumors are true, Nintendo has already seen a 3.5% increase in its share price, and Sony shares are selling up 8% at the moment.\nPhoto courtesy of Flickr, Reinis Traidas"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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