Habbo China

Infobox Website
name = 哈宝中国
Habbo China
Hābǎo Zhōng guó

url = http://www.habbo.cn/
commercial = Yes
type = Social network service
language = Mandarin
registration = Required
owner = Sulake Corporation
author = Sampo Karjalainen
Aapo Kyrölä
launch date = flagicon|China July 26, 2006
to August 14, 2007
current status = Inactive
revenue =

Habbo China (simplified Chinese: 哈宝中国; pinyin: Hā Bǎo Zhōng Guó) was created by Finnish company Sulake Oy in contrary to other Habbo communities, this one was created in collaboration with a chinese company, OPTIC Communications Co. Ltd. (OPTIC Dreamz Division).

Habbo Hotel (to present: Habbo), is a social networking website owned and operated by Sulake Corporation with local communities in 31 countries and 13 languages.

History

The Chinese Hotel was planned to launch in spring 2006 but due to administrative issues it was launched on 26/07/06. It started with a closed beta period. The two local hotels, Beijing and Shanghai (both using the .cn domain), were used during the beta stages, however, after the beta stages the Shanghainese one was removed.

On 14/08/07 it closed indefinitely, that being the first time a Habbo community was closed. It was allegedly closed due to the competent Chinese market and the high operational costs of this hotel, however some Sulake employees have argued that the closure was because of the unpopularity of Shockwave in China. Their users were redirected to other Habbo communities, mainly notably Singapore.

Organisation

Habbo China, as other Habbo communities, had a ranked organisation, where a team of staff perform different tasks for internal and external issues.

Managing Staff (list):

*Hotel Managers: 海心 (hǎi xīn) 摆渡人 (bǎi dù rén) 糖糖 (táng táng)
*Community Manager: Samyani
*Country Manager: AndyQ

Moderators:
*MOD-Boa
*MOD-meng
*MOD-Top
*MOD-Puma

Habbo eXperts and HHCT System

eXperts

The Habbo eXpert (Xs) appeared only 2 months before the hotel closure, lead by Samyani. The X system was in charge of introducing Habbo and its rules to newbies and explaining them how to move around the hotel.

ee also

*Habbo

References

* [http://www.sulake.com Sulake]