However, the Chinese government controls only Web sites with the ".cn" suffix and has no power over those assigned in other countries.
The move, announced Tuesday, "will better protect the interests of the Olympic gold medalists," said an official of the government's China Internet Network Information Center, quoted by the state Xinhua News Agency. It identified him only by the surname Hu.
Domain names based on the names of at least 10 gold medalists, including weightlifter Chen Xiexia and gymnast Yang Wei, were registered before the games, according to Xinhua. People who registered names before the Olympics can keep them but "were advised to give it to the medalist `as a gift,'" Xinhua reported.
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