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Unliked — Chinese gTLD calls it quits
Chinese technology giant Qihoo 360 is abandoning one of its portfolio of gTLDs, a Latinized version of the Chinese word for “to like”.
The company has asked ICANN to terminate its registry contract for .xihuan, which never launched despite being in the root since 2016. No reason was given.
It also has the gTLDs .anquan, .yun and .shouji, (“security”, “cloud” and “cellphone”), but to date only .yun has been launched. It went on sale last year and so far has about 2,700 names in its zone.
Qihoo 360 is primarily a security software company. The US Department of Defense officially classifies it as a “Chinese military company” due to its links to the Chinese information ministry.
Cloud gTLD gets launch dates
Another long-dormant gTLD from the 2012 round is set to launch soon.
Documents filed with ICANN show that the Chinese software company Qihoo 360 is set to launch .yun, the Pinyin transliteration of the Chinese word and Mandarin character meaning “cloud”.
The ICANN web site states that .yun will enter a one-month sunrise period September 24, with general availability likely coming around October 28.
Qihoo stated in its 2012 application that the domain would be marketed via its existing cloud storage services.
The company also is contacted to run .xihuan (“like”), .anquan (“security”) and .shouji (“cellphone”), but it hasn’t launched any of them yet.
Qihoo has been sanctioned by the US government for the last five years due to its alleged links to the Chinese military.
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