China Market

[paragraje]

China Market Overview China is a rapidly rising global economic power. Overall growth has averaged a robust 7% to 8% for more than a decade, with some markets expanding much more rapidly: 1. China's auto market exploded in 2003, passenger car sales jumping 82% year-over-year. Yet China's auto industry is still in early stages with strong growth projected for years ahead.
2. China is the world's largest telecommunications market with some 280 million mobile subscribers and 270 million wireline subscribers. New wireline subscribers are being connected at close to two million per month while mobile subscribers are growing at four million per month, overall at 14% growth rate.
3. Chinese household appliance manufacturers are experiencing growth in excess of 35% per year. The demand for China's household electric appliances, both domestic and for export, pushed production levels overall for many small and major appliance product categories up 40 to 50 percent or more in 2003.
4. At approximately 1.29 billion people, China is the world's most populous nation, yet Internet penetration and ecommerce are still in the developmental growth stages. According to statistics released by the China Internet Network Information Center, China, with nearly 80 million Internet users, currently trails only the USA and Japan. With the number of Internet users growing at around 5% a month, a household penetration rate of 25% percent is conceivably only three or four years off.

[alextam]

Alex every poker player and affiliate has been praying for the Chinese to take up texas holdem since the US gambling legislation

yeah,i know that,like i said,we need time to bring up the market,and why you poker room owner not just think out of the box,why can't you just code a douzhizhu room?the game called doudizhu has tens of millions players in China,we Chinese got some money and willing to spend on it,we just dont have a room to play real money,so we play offline in the tea house.

[COPCapo]

ich kann ncihts googlen über doudizhu, was das denn genau kann mir jemand ein lionk der nicht auf chinesisch ist ?

New markets shld be watched out

[Carmela]

Hi everyone,

FYI you may want to take a look at Dafapoker.com ? Asia?s #1 Online Casino and Poker Room. The Chinese market, despite restrictions on online gambling, is a goldmine of players. DafaPoker has many alternate sites that aren't blocked in China and that's how Chinese players can take part in online casinos and poker.

LMK if you have any questions or if you're interested to join DafaPoker.com Affiliate Program.

Cheers,
Carmela.

[MJ]

Hi Carmela, I sent you a PM.

[Lutz]

Any proof that Dafapoker.com has an easier time in China than other iPoker skins?

Issues:
* deposit methods
* redeem methods
* reachability
* site load performance

[MJ]

Well it's actually "targeted" towards the Asian market, but deposit methods etc seem the same.

The website is in two forms of chinese language if that helps, but for what it's worth I'm still waiting for Carmela to setup my account so I can test myself.

[Lutz]

Ok, sad - hoped that some skin would be able to specialize and innovate in the things more important than just targeting with brand/language.

[PokerFelts]

Very interesting point made here.

PM sent to Alex

[Steve20]

Alex every poker player and affiliate has been praying for the Chinese to take up texas holdem since the US gambling legislation

Speaking of US Gambling Legislation. As far as I know, its still on the process of legalization. Let's support them and fight for our rights being gamblers.