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Chinadaily.com.cn Selects Chineseroots.com as Its Preferred Genealogy Partner.


Business Editors/Internet Writers

SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 2000

CybersiaInc., a privately held company privately held company

A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly.
, whose major subsidiary, Chineseroots.com Inc. (http://www.chineseroots.com), is positioned to be the leading comprehensive Chinese genealogy genealogy (jē'nēŏl`əjē, –ăl`–, jĕ–), the study of family lineage. Genealogies have existed since ancient times. , family and community services provider, today announced the launch of a co-branding agreement with Chinadaily.com.cn (www.chinadaily.com.cn).

This co-branding relationship represents the first of its kind for Chinadaily.com.cn.

Chinadaily.com.cn, the Web site of China Daily, is the only English language English language, member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). Spoken by about 470 million people throughout the world, English is the official language of about 45 nations.  Web site to be listed among China's Top Five Media News Sites. Providing one of the most authoritative and comprehensive English language information sources on China, Chinadaily.com.cn's audience includes well-educated Chinese nationals, overseas Chinese A list of famous people with Chinese ancestry living outside of the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China. Leaders and politicians
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 as well as foreigners.

Currently, the Chinadaily.com.cn Web site generates in excess of 9 million monthly page views.

As Chinadaily.com.cn's preferred genealogy and family site, Chineseroots.com will provide access to genealogy information to allow users to trace their family ancestry, build family trees This is an index of family trees available. It includes noble, politically important and royal families as well as fictional families and thematic diagrams. Europe
  • Counts of Flanders
  • Counts of Hainaut
  • Counts of Holland
, and maintain family records.

Chinadaily.com.cn's users will be able to access Chineseroots.com's more than 90,000 catalogued volumes of family details dating back to the 10th century, which the company obtained on an exclusive license from the Shanghai Library Shanghai Library is the second largest library in China after the National Library of China in Beijing. It is located in Shanghai, China. Early histroy
The first library in Shanghai was built in 1847. The name of the library was the Library of the Xu Jiahui Jesuit mission.
. This relationship allows Chinadaily.com.cn and Cybersia to leverage the strengths of their respective brands to reach new audiences while providing users with convenient and easy access to the records and tools necessary to discover their family history and trace their Chinese heritage.

This move is aimed at offering clickers a valuable experience, according to according to
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 Chinadaily.com.cn, adding that it is the first foray into Verb 1. foray into - enter someone else's territory and take spoils; "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly"
raid

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 co-branding.

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, president and chief executive officer of Cybersia, commented, "This agreement is a winning proposition for both parties. For Chinadaily.com.cn, its millions of users will have access to our wide range of Chinese genealogy and family content. For Cybersia, we benefit from the significant Web traffic to which we can sell our value-added products and services, which should provide us with additional revenue and profit streams from our proven subscription-based business model."

About Cybersia Inc.

Cybersia Inc. has positioned itself to become the leading online network for families of Chinese ancestry. The company's Web site properties, Chineseroots.com (in English and Chinese) and Chinesekin.com, offer comprehensive resources and interactive tools that connect Chinese families. Chineseroots.com's exclusive alliance with Shanghai Library, known to possess the world's largest collection of Chinese ancestry records, provides access to 90,000 catalogued volumes of family details dating back to the 10th century. Other industry partnerships include various world-renowned genealogy organizations such as the Taiwan Surnames Association and the Shanxi Genealogy Centre in China. For more information, visit http://www.chineseroots.com.
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