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Ni hao!
I have played Entropia Universe for over three years.
I am personally very excited about the new Chinese planet and having more Chinese players living in our world.
You can read more about Entropia at my website:
http://MyEntropianLife.com
Cheers!
This sounds exciting. I live in Sweden but would love to visit China virtually. Please does anyone know if the chinese planet will be only in chinese language and customs? I don’t speak chinese at all.
Love, Johanna