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"Language is a carrier of culture. Introducing Chinese domains is a way of promoting Chinese culture in the age of the Internet."

Li Xiaodong, executive director of the China Internet Network Information Center, said on Thursday after the center formally launched two domain names using Chinese characters, the Chinese parallels to ".com" and ".net." According to the center, mainstream browsers, including Internet Explorer, Chrome and Safari, support the Chinese domains, allowing users to simply type in Chinese characters to visit the websites.