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56.com

Type	?
Founded	October, 2005^[1]
Headquarters	Guangzhou, China ^[2]
Key people	Jay Chang^[3]
Website	www.56.com
Type of site	Video sharing
Registration	Optional (required to upload)
Available in	Mandarin Chinese
Current status	Active
Screenshot Screenshot of 56.com home page

56.com is one of the largest video sharing websites in China, where users can upload, view and share video clips.

Currently 56.com is closing down international traffic to their site during Chinese peak times. The domain 56.com attracted at least 3.2 million visitors annually by 2008 according to a Compete.com survey.

Access to Chinese online video provider 56.com has been suspended since 18:00 on June 3, but the company has denied this has something to do with a rumored shutdown by China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television. Instead the company attributes the suspension to a server malfunction.

56.com made an explanation at 10:00 on June 4th, 16 hours after the website's access was stopped, and said that the website had experienced a server failure and was being repaired, but it did not give a clear time for when the site's services would be fully resumed.

Some media, such as Hexun.com and Sina.com, reported that as 56.com has frequently violated relevant government rules with its video content, it has therefore been issued a warning by the government and may be closed for a few days. However, this has been denied by 56.com.