I don't think this changes much. You've always needed a government license to run a server, so virtually everybody either already had government permission or

I don't think this changes much. You've always needed a government license to run a server, so virtually everybody either already had government permission or was running their stuff out of Hong Kong. This the new ban looks more like they're making sure that everybody with a .cn is "in the system". You can still start a website, you just need to go through one of the approved vendors for a domain name. I'm not in China any more, so jhancock or some of the other China guys can probably tell you more.