I’ve been through the domain name registrations in China, in addition to the full documentation to be submitted to the Chinese authorities in order to not have the .cn account suspended.
However, now things have become interesting – registering domain names through non-Chinese registration authorities has been suspended since mid December:
We've disabled the registration of new domains for the moment. CNNIC changed their rules regarding registration of new domains. Now, they allow registration just for Chinese companies. Until they clear up their policies, we've disabled the new domains registration.
That’s what most registrars are coming back with at the moment. However, GoDaddy has suddenly decided that now – 24 March 2010 – they won’t register domains for Civil rights reasons, amongst others. (more…)