i missed it, but then i didn't. wondering if in some years anyone will care about/find the update on other places.

Update: A day after this story broke, a spokesperson from the China Internet Network Information Center contradicted the CINIC's earlier statement, saying that China has not created any new top-level domains. Instead, the new Chinese-character domain names sit below the TLDs. ICANN confirmed it, saying that the original China Ministry of Information Industry press release was misinterpreted by the People's Daily. According to CINIC, China currently has no plans to create a "new root server or split off from the Internet.(a.technica)