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                                                                    Exhibit 10.9

[Translation of Chinese original]

                              Cooperation Agreement

                                                              Ref No.: LTWJ-I381

This Agreement is entered into by and between the following parties:

Party A: Shanghai Maya Online Broadband Network Company Limited (hereinafter
referred to as "Party A")
Address:
Legal representative:

Party B: Beijing Lei Ting Wan Jun Network Technology Limited (hereinafter
referred to as "Party B")
Address: 8/th/ Floor, Office Tower W3, Oriental Plaza, No.1 East Chang An
Avenue, Dongcheng District, Beijing, the PRC
Legal representative:  Wang Leilei

With the aim of pursuing joint development and making use of each other's
strength, after friendly negotiation, the parties hereto agreed on the following
terms in respect of cooperation with consideration on the basis of equality and
mutual benefits.

1.   Definition
1.1  TOM website: the websites owned by Party B, which comprises the Internet
     website of tom.com, and other Internet websites controlled by TOM.COM
     LIMITED, including but not limited to www.tom.com, www.163.net and
     www.gtom.com.cn.
1.2  Party A's website: the Internet website of www.china110.com\police owned by
     Party A.
1.3  Users: any user who accesses the Internet and visits and browses the
     contents of TOM website.
1.4  Information: the pictures and text provided and licensed to Party B by
     Party A in accordance with Article 2.1 of this Agreement.

2.   Scope of the cooperation
2.1  Party A shall provide with and license Party B to use all the text and
     pictures

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     contained in the database of Party A (website: doc.china110.com) which have
     been provided and censored by the Publicity Unit of the Ministry of Public
     Security and the public security authorities across the country within the
     term of this Agreement. Pursuant to the relevant notice issued by the
     Publicity Unit of the Ministry of Public Security, Party A is entitled to
     edit or delete such information and will duly inform Party B of such
     editing or deletion. Party B has the obligation to duly amend and delete
     such information.
2.2  Party A shall provide and license to Party B the contents in its database
     (website: doc.china110.com) and in such manner as specified in the
     "Information Usage Proposal" (Appendix 1) executed by both parties. Any
     changes to the "Information Usage Proposal" must be agreed upon in writing
     by both parties.
2.3  Party A shall provide the "PRC Police Affairs Report" SMS value added
     application services and the SMS products and services of Party B to mobile
     phone users through the wireless SMS platform and the Monternet channel of
     Party B. Party A shall provide and license to Party B the contents in its
     database (website: doc.china110.com) and in such manner as specifiedin the
     "SMS Application and Cooperation Proposal" (Appendix 2) executed by both
     parties. Any changes to the "SMS Application and Cooperation Proposal "
     must be agreed in writing by both parties.
2.4  Party B shall provide the text link of the Maya shop's website belonging to
     Party A to the Online shopping sections or channels of the home page of the
     TOM website. The title of the text link is "audio and video" and is linked
     to http://www.cnmaya.com.
2.5  Party B shall pay the Information fees to Party A in accordance with the
     agreed terms of this Agreement.
2.6  On the basis of the contents cooperation, both parties may further
     cooperate based on the respective strong promotional activities or profit
     making projects of both parties to ultimately establish a strategic
     alliance. Further cooperation projects can be executed through
     supplementary agreements entered into between both Parties.

3.   Fees and terms of payment
3.1  Party B shall pay to Party A the Information fees in an aggregate of
     Renminbi six hundred thousand (RMB600,000) exclusive of SMS sharing amounts
     incurred from SMS value-added application services of the "PRC Police
     Affairs Report" (Appendix 2) as mentioned in Article 2.3 of this Agreement.
3.2  Payment schedule: Party B shall pay to Party A the Information fees on a
     quarterly basis, that is Renminbi one hundred and fifty thousand
     (RMB150,000)

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     to be paid by January 25, 2003, Renminbi one hundred and fifty thousand
     (RMB150,000) by April 15, 2003, Renminbi one hundred and fifty thousand
     (RMB150,000) by July 15, 2003 and Renminbi one hundred and fifty thousand
     (RMB150,000) by October 15, 2003.
3.3  Form of payment: wire transfer.
3.4  Upon receipt of the payments from Party B, Party A shall issue receipts
     with legal effects in favour of Party B.
3.5  In case of overdue payment, Party A shall impose a late payment penalty on
     Party B, which is calculated as 0.05% of the overdue payment for each day
     of late payment, and Party A shall have the right to cease the provision of
     Information on its side. If the payment is one month overdue, Party A shall
     have the right to cease the implementation of this Agreement and is
     entitled to claim against Party B in accordance with laws.

4.   Disclaimer
4.1  Users may obtain the Information from visiting TOM website. If the Users or
     third parties use, amend, interpret, download or forward the Information in
     any manner during the course of the reasonable use of the Information by
     Party B within the scope of this Agreement, Party B or the owner of TOM
     website is not held liable to Party A. In the event that the Users or third
     parties commit the above-mentioned act, Party B and the owner of TOM
     website shall notify Party A in a timely manner. Party B shall not
     authorize, or permit/agree, explicitly or implicitly, the Users or any
     third party to commit the above-mentioned actions, otherwise Party B shall
     be liable accordingly.

5.   Representation and Warranties
5.1  Both parties warrant that they have the right and ability to enter into and
     perform this Agreement.
5.2  Party B warrants that the Information shall only be used in and for TOM
     website and it shall not authorize other media or any other third parties
     to use it.
5.3  Party A warrants that the use by Party B and TOM website of the Information
     provided by Party A in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement
     shall not constitute an infringement of any third party rights. Party A
     also warrants that the execution and performance of this Agreement shall
     not constitute a breach or an infringement of any third party rights, nor
     shall Party B or the owners of TOM website be held liable to any third
     party.

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5.4  Party A shall be liable for the settlement and damages for all the losses
     so suffered by Party B in respect of any disputes, complaints, claims and
     litigations arising from the breach of any laws and regulations or the
     infringement of legal interests, including but not limited to an
     infringement of copyrights of author and/or other intellectual property
     rights of any third parties by the Information provided by Party A.
5.5  Party B shall be liable for the settlement and damages for all the losses
     so suffered by Party A in respect of any disputes, complaints, claims and
     litigations, arising from using the Information provided by Party A in a
     manner beyond the scope of this Agreement by Party B.

6.   Term
6.1  This Agreement shall be valid for one year commencing from January 1, 2003
     and expiring on December 31, 2003. Any renewal or modification shall be
     negotiated at the will of both parties within 30 days prior to the
     expiration date.
6.2  During the term, either party is entitled to an early termination of this
     Agreement by giving a written notice 30 days in advance but the party
     giving notice would lose this right in case of a breach of contract. If
     Party B issues an early termination notice, it is still required to pay the
     information fee of the formerly used information pursuant to the provisions
     in the Agreement.
6.3  Upon termination of this Agreement, Party B may keep the Information
     contents provided by Party A, which is already being used on the TOM
     website, remaining on the TOM website.

7.   Intellectual Property Rights
7.1  Party A owns the intellectual property rights of the original Information
     provided by it.
7.2  Except for the purpose of the Agreement, either party shall not use or
     reproduce the trademarks, logos, commercial messages, technologies and
     other data of the other party without the prior written consent from the
     other party.

8.   Default
8.1  Both parties shall properly exercise their rights and duly perform their
     obligations so as to ensure a smooth implementation of this Agreement.
8.2  In case of a breach of any provision under this Agreement by either party,
     the defaulting party shall be liable for the economic losses (if any),
     direct and indirect, suffered by the other party.

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9.   Confidentiality
9.1  Without permission of the other party, either party is prohibited from
     disclosing to any third parties (other than as required by the relevant
     laws, regulations, governmental departments, stock exchanges or other
     regulatory authorities and the legal, accounting, business and other
     advisors and employees of both parties) any terms and the status of
     execution and performance of this Agreement and any information related to
     the other party and the affiliates of the other party obtained by executing
     and performing the Agreement.
9.2  This clause of confidentiality shall remain effective during the term of
     this Agreement and upon its expiry.

10.  Force Majeure
10.1 "Force majeure" refers to any events, including but not limited to acts of
     government, acts of God, wars or any other similar events, which could not
     be reasonably controlled, unforeseen or unavoidable even it could be
     foreseen and which hinder, affect or delay the performance of obligations,
     in whole or part, by any party under the Agreement.
10.2 Upon occurrence of any force majeure, the knowing party shall notify the
     same in writing the other party timely and adequately. It shall also advise
     the other party of the potential effects of the same on this Agreement and
     shall provide relevant evidence within a reasonable period of time.
10.3 Both parties shall not be held liable for default on the failure or delay
     in performance of this Agreement, in whole or in part, caused by the force
     majeure as mentioned above.

11.  Settlement of Disputes and Governing Laws
11.1 Any disputes in connection with the content or the implementation of this
     Agreement shall be settled through friendly negotiation, failing which,
     either party shall have the right to submit the case to the competent
     People's Court in the PRC for litigation.
11.2 The execution, implementation and interpretation of this Agreement and the
     settlement of disputes shall be governed by the applicable laws of the PRC.

12.  Miscellaneous
12.1 The respective headings of this Agreement and the articles are for the sake
     of convenience and not for the interpretation of the Agreement.
12.2 This Agreement shall be made in duplicate with the same legal effects.
12.3 The notes, appendices and supplements to this Agreement are integral parts

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     hereof and shall have the same legal effects with this Agreement.

12.4 Any matters not covered by this Agreement shall be settled through friendly
     negotiation between the parties hereto.
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Shanghai Maya Online Broadband Network  Beijing Lei Ting Wan Jun Network
Company Limited                         Technology Limited


Seal: (chop affixed)                    Seal: (chop affixed)
Authorized representative:
                                        Authorized representative:
Date:
                                        Date:
Contact Person:
                                        Contact Person: Dong Nawei
Contact No.:
                                        Contact No.: 010-65283399-6225
Fascimile No.:
                                        Fascimile No.: 010-85181206
E-mail Address:
                                        E-mail Address: dongnawei@bj.tom.com
Correspondence Address:
                                        Correspondence Address: No. 1 East Chang
                                        An Avenue, Dongcheng District, Beijing
Postal Code:
                                        Postal Code: 100738

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Appendix 1
Information Proposal

1.   Party A shall provide with and license Party B to use all the text and
     pictures contained in the database of Party A (website: doc.china110.com)
     which have been provided and censored by the Publicity Unit of the Ministry
     of Public Security and the public security authorities across the country
     within the term of this Agreement. Pursuant to the notice given by the
     Publicity Unit of the Ministry of Public Security, Party A shall have the
     right to edit and delete the relevant Information and Party A shall at the
     same time notify Party B in a timely manner, and Party B shall be obliged
     to amend and delete the relevant Information.

2.   During the term of this Agreement, Party A license Party B to obtain the
     Information mentioned in the preceding clause from Party A's database.
     Party A warrants that no less than 50 messages will be updated and provided
     every day (other than Saturdays, Sundays and national public holidays)
     through Party A's database.

3.   Party A may place the logo or text of TOM website under the position of
     cooperation partner on the corresponding page of its website, and being
     linked to www.tom.com.

4.   When distributing the Information provided by Party A, TOM website should
     specify that Party A is the supplier of the Information, and Party B should
     put the logo and text link of Party A under the position of cooperation
     partner on the main page of TOM website's news channel (at news.tom.com),
     and being linked to www.china110.com.

5.   When using the Information provided by Party A in accordance with the
     provisions of this Agreement, Party B should specify the author of such
     Information. Party B may not specify if the Information does not have any
     explicit author, except that the supplier of the Information should be
     specified as Party A.

6.   Party B may perform simple editing, but no substantial changes could be
     made, on the Information provided by Party A according to the layout of TOM
     website. Party B shall be liable for the substantial changes made to the
     Information provided by Party A.

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Appendix 2
SMS Application and Cooperation Proposal

A.   Contents of Cooperation

     1.   The handset users are provided with the news of renowned "PRC Police
          Affairs Report" by both parties in a timely and efficient way.
     2.   During the broadcast of "PRC Police Affairs Report", Party A shall be
          responsible for the delivery of "PRC Police Affairs Report" SMS
          service on the basis of rolling substitles or by oral presentation by
          anchors, and the promotion contents of SMS products and services of
          Party B.
     3.   The rolling subtitles of promotional SMS services delivered in each
          episode of "PRC Police Affairs Report" shall appear not less than 2
          times and shall not be less than 10 seconds for each occasion time
          appearance of rolling subtitles.
     4.   The form of cooperation: the interviews and editing on contents and
          promotion of television media are to be undertaken by Party A, and the
          SMS channels, technologies, fees, settlement and customer services and
          certain marketing activity are to be undertaken by Party B.
     5.   Party A shall be responsible for the interviews and editing on news of
          "PRC Police Affairs Report", and guarantee the legality of the
          Information source.
     6.   Party B shall provide all the technical support for SMS.
     7.   Party B shall be responsible for connecting the system connection of
          Party A.
     8.   Both parties shall jointly undertake marketing activities of the
          project.
     9.   Profits generated from the project shall be shared among both parties.

B.   The Responsibilities and Obligations of Party A

     1.   Party A will provide the "PRC Police Affairs Reports" SMS value added
          application services and the SMS products and services of Party B to
          handset users through the wireless SMS platform and the Monternet
          channel.

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     2.   Party A will edit on the contents of "PRC Police Affairs Reports" in
          accordance with the requirement determined by negotiation of both
          parties.
     3.   During the broadcast of "PRC Police Affairs Report", Party A shall be
          responsible for promotion on the basis of rolling substitles or by
          oral presentation by anchors, such as transmission of "xxx" to 8001 to
          subscribe other "PRC Police Affairs News" SMS service, transmission of
          "0" to 8001 to subscribe other SMS services.
     4.   So long as Party B is abode by this contract, Party A shall not
          refuse, reduce or cancel the promotion activities on the basis of the
          rolling subtitles for Party B for any reason, nor shall it change the
          text contents of rolling subtitles provided by Party B.
     5.   Party A shall provide any episode of programme of "PRC Police Affairs
          Reports" to Party B in random each month.

C.   Responsibilities and Obligations of Party B

     1.   Party B shall provide Party A with the Monternet SMS channel.
     2.   Party B shall provide Party A with the interface of the system and
          Party A shall take the interface provided by Party B as standard. In
          order to cope with the business development of such cooperation
          project, billing modules (the number of subscribed users and
          circulation statistics) should be maintained. Party B shall develop
          the modules (the number of subscribed users and circulation
          statistics), and both parties shall run a trial test on the billing
          module with reference to the business status, and shall jointly
          confirm the billing module.
     3.   Party B shall be responsible for the development of the back office
          statistics application programme for the users, and provide Party A
          with a real-time enquiry interface enabling Party A to undertake
          real-time enquiry on the daily number of subscribed and of
          unsubscribed users so as to facilitate financial reconciliation and
          settlement.
     4.   Party B shall be responsible for system tuning, technical maintenance
          and relevant personnel training of the wireless SMS platform to
          satisfy the need of wireless SMS business of Party A.
     5.   Party B shall be responsible for summarising and editing the text
          provided by Party A and transmitted the text to handset users, whereas
          that the contents of the summarised and edited text shall not undergo
          any substantial change. Party B will be solely responsible for the
          contents of the edited text.
     6.   Party B shall be responsible for the accounting reconciliation and
          settlement with the mobile service operators and notify Party A of the
          reconciliation results

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          in writing.

D.   Appropriations and Bill Settlement

     1.   The revenue of the "PRC Police Affairs Reports" SMS products shall be
          distributed among both parties in the ratio of 5:5, that is both
          parties are entitled to 50% of the revenue. The sharing ratio is
          calculated based on the net profit of monthly revenue (representating
          the total revenue net of China Mobile (or China Unicom) handling
          charges and communication costs collected on behalf of other) from the
          businesses mentioned in this agreement. Currently, the handling
          charges collected by China Mobile is 15%, the cost of SMS
          communication is RMB7 cents per message and the handling charges
          collected by China Unicom is 12%. The SMS communication cost is not
          charged for the moment.
     2.   The charging basis of "PRC Police Affairs Reports" SMS products shall
          be: 1. monthly package: $2 to $20; 2. single message payment: $0.1 -
          $2.
     3.   Settling time: both parties shall settle once a month. Party B shall
          transfer the amount of the preceding month to Party A's designated
          account within 15 days from the end of each month, and Party A shall
          then duly issue receipt in favour of Party B.
     4.   Upon receipt of the invoices from China Mobile and China Unicom, Party
          B shall send the billing statement, which is separately calculated by
          Party B according to the billing statements provided by China Mobile
          and China Unicom, of the cooperation project of both parties to Party
          A for verification. If China Mobile and China Unicom fail to provide
          the billing statements, payments shall be charged based on data of
          Party B.
     5.   Where China Mobile and China Unicom fail to settle with Party B on
          time and so causes the settlement between both parties to delay, the
          acts of Party B shall not be deemed as a breach of this contract and
          both parties shall otherwise negotiate for the resolution.
     6.   When there is any change in the charging basis of China Mobile and
          China Unicom, both parties shall re-negotiate the appropriations in
          written form in accordance with the corresponding provisions issued by
          the "Monthenet" of China Mobile and "UNI-info" of China Unicom.

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