China is now Skype's biggest market, despite legal issues that may make parts of the internet telephone service illegal in the country
Skype claims more than 100 million users worldwide

Skype claims 13 million users in China

China is Skype's biggest market, but certain elements of the service may be illegal

Written by Simon Burns in Taipei

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Zennström quits as Skype chief exec

VoIP firm loses co-founder after two-day outage and dissapointing revenues 02 Oct 2007

China's 3G standard hits hurdles

Major TD-SCDMA investor throws in the towel 19 Jun 2008

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