LINKS TO CHINESE FIRM
A registration number displayed at the bottom of the sgtimes.com homepage was traced to a company named Jiangsu Nanfang Digital Technology. Chinese authorities issue Internet Content Provider (ICP) licences to permit China-based websites to operate in the country; the ICP filing linked from sgtimes.com lists the site under a registration number associated with the company.
Public company directories show Jiangsu Nanfang Digital Technology is a for-profit enterprise in Jiangsu province, founded on Feb 18, 2021. The ICP filing carries a “-15” suffix, indicating sgtimes.com is the 15th website operated by the company.
The company has a public corporate website where it presents itself as a global digital marketing and overseas brand-promotion company. It advertises services including multilingual website development, SEO, press release distribution and translation, among others.
Another site sharing the same ICP registration number is ibnews.com, which describes itself as a website for International Business News, “a company that provides global economic, business and technology news services”. This website carries more than 5,000 links to cn.sgtimes.com.
