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Fang Xin has served as a member of our board of directors since November 2005 and has also served as a non-executive director of China.com since July 2005. He is also currently General Manager of the Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau and Hong Kong SAR Branch of Xinhua News Agency, or Xinhua, and President of Golden Tripod (Holdings) Limited and Golden Tripod Technology Limited. Golden Tripod Technology Limited, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Xinhua, is one of the Company’s major shareholders. Mr. Fang is also a senior correspondent of Xinhua, and also serves as a non-executive director of the Company’s Hong Kong listed subsidiary, China.com. Mr. Fang has approximately 25 years of experience in news reporting, editing, economic information analysis, and business management with governmental and non-governmental organizations and companies. Former positions held by Mr. Fang include serving as the general manager of the Guangdong Provincial Branch of Xinhua, the editor of OUTLOOK (a weekly publication of Xinhua), a correspondent for the Shenzhen sub-branch of Xinhua, a director of the Domestic News for Foreign Service group of the Guangdong Provincial Branch of Xinhua, chief of the Zhuhai sub-branch of Xinhua, and editor-in-chief and director of Economic Information Services of the Guangdong Provincial Branch of Xinhua. Mr. Fang graduated from Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China. | 