The miracle of miracles has happened, and 56.com has come back online, more than a month after it was shut down. While the company had promised a revamp, the website looks pretty much like it did before. Pacific Epoch tried to find out more, but the company is keeping its lips tightly sealed on what exactly transpired within that month.......

From Danwei: "But conspicuously missing from the list are the Big Three of the Chinese Youtube clones: Youku.com, Tudou.com and 56.com. Although 56.com has been off line for nearly two weeks after an apparent porblem with the authorities, these three websites have the largest amount of funding of any video websites in China, most of it foreign. By most accounts they are also the most popular video sites in China."......

Kaiser Kuo of the Ogilvy China Digital Watch breaks the news: Video sharing site 56.com has been temporarily shut down by "the Guangdong provincial branch of the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (SARFT), acting on orders from SARFT’s national leadership, according to a highly-placed industry insider who declined to be named. The closure seems to have been in effect since 6pm on June 3". A spokesperson from 56.com has cited server malfunction and......