NetDragon Websoft is a Chinese company that develops and operates

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s in addition to making

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s. The company debuted its first product in 2002. Some self-developed games it operates in China are based on Western IP, such as properties of

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, and

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. Other games based on its own IP are distributed in CIS nations, the

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, and

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, etc. Some games are also available in English. Prior to selling this side of the business to

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, the company created a mobile phone app store stocked with self-created games and applications. NetDragon had differentiated itself by eschewing selling apps through the distribution channels of others, instead creating its own; in essence making consumers download a separate app to download their apps, allowing them exposure to other Netdragon offerings in the process. The

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, completed in 2014, garnered media attention for being inspired by Star Trek.

Education

NetDragon Websoft started getting involved in education in 2010 with the aims to develop "the largest learning community globally." NetDragon has made several acquisitions regarding education and community, amongst which are included: * A partnership with the

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to launch the UNT-NetDragon Digital Research Centre. * Edmodo was acquired by NetDragon on April 8, 2018. * On July 3, 2017, NetDragon announced that it had acquired American educational software publisher

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. * NetDragon also acquired a 100 percent stake in the UK-listed

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back in 2015.

Sale of 91 Wireless

NetDragon sold its app store, 91 Wireless, to

in 2013 for $1.85 billion. At that time, the sale was hailed as the biggest deal ever in China's IT sector. As the company controlled less than 58% of 91 Wireless, Netdragon took an estimated $1.06 billion from the sale. The mobile applications available through this store, many of which are "91" branded, are quite disparate and include more than

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s running the gamut from fortune telling to wealth management.

CSR

The company sponsors the Fujian NetDragon Youth Business Foundation, which helps entrepreneurial youth to start a small business."NetDragon Fujian Honored with 2008 'National Outstanding Award for Internet Cultural Enterprise'." Internet Weekly News. NewsRX. 2009. HighBeam Research. 24 May. 2014

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Education

Sale of 91 Wireless

CSR

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