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EXHIBIT 10.1

 Exhibit 10.1 
  
 Hosting Service Agreement 
  
 Beijing Sohu New Era Information Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter known as Party A), Sales Office of Beijing Communication Corporation
(hereinafter known as Party B), and Beijing Sohu Internet Information Service Co., Ltd. (hereinafter known as Party C), after consensus among three parties regarding Party B providing data center service for Party A, have reached agreement as
follows: 
  
 I. Party B agrees Party A placing its information
server and the accessory equipment in Party B’s communication mechanical room for Party A to initiate its Internet computer information service. 
  
 II. Rights and Obligations of Party A 
  
 1. Party A shall provide a duplicate copy of business license for Internet information service added value communication operation or a related proof of
filing of non-operational Internet information service to Party B. 
  
 2. Should Party A plan to provide electronic bulletin service, a special application or special filing shall be submitted to the relevant departments in accordance with the laws and regulations of the People’s Republic of China, and
shall provide the related proofs of the special application or special filing. 
  
 3. Party A’s information operation must conform to the “Administrative Procedure for Internet Information Service”, “Administrative Provision for Internet Electronic Bulletin Service”, and
other relevant laws and regulations of the People’s Republic of China. Party A shall not engage in any illegal operation and shall be held liable for any legal liability induced by its information operation. 
  
 4. The information server equipment placed by Party A in Party B’s
communication mechanical room shall meet all the technical interface indices and terminal communication technical standards of communication network of the People’s Republic of China. Electronic features and communication methods shall not
affect the safety of public network. 
  
 5. Party A shall comply
to the administrative rules of mechanical room of Party B and shall assure the safety of its information server equipment and information content. 
  
 6. Party A shall pay the fees to Party B in accordance with the amount, due date, and method stipulated in this Agreement. 
  

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 7. Should Party A require Party B to provide services, such as reset of host computer, Party A shall
provide accurate contact telephone number to Party B for confirmation. Should the telephone number provided by Party A be inaccurate or notification of telephone number change be delayed leading to failure of confirmation by Party B, Party B shall
reserve the right not to bear the obligation of providing services, such as reset of host computer of Party A. Party A shall be held liable to bear all losses. 
  

8. Party A shall be fully liable for any illegal operation leading to damage of Party B’s equipment. The compensation shall be limited by the
repurchase cost of the damaged equipment and hardware, and shall not include the relevant software, databanks, and the similar configurations. 
  
 9. Within 30 days of placing server in Party B’s mechanical room, Party A shall process the relevant filing procedure in Beijing Computer Security
Inspection Department. The contact of Beijing Computer Security Inspection Department is Wang Qi, and the telephone number is 65249006. 
  
 10. Party A shall mark the phrase “Network bandwidth provided by IDC of Beijing Communication Company “ on the bottom of the homepage of SOHU
website. Furthermore, in pursuance to the consultation between Party B and Party A, Party A shall promptly place the related advertisements and “logo” of Party B at distinct locations in accordance with the requests of Party B. Party B
shall inform Party A at least 5 days in advance. The dimension of logo and the textual length must meet the website requirement of Party A. 
  
 11. Party A promises that the exclusive line provided by Party B shall only be used for hosting server maintenance and data update and shall not be used
for connection to Internet. 
  
 III. Rights and Obligations of
Party B 
  
 1. The standard mechanical room environment provided
by Party B for placement of information server of Party A shall include air conditioning, illumination, temperature, and anti-static floor panels. 
  
 2. Party B shall provide dual lines of electricity to Party A, and every rack shall be able to provide total load of 16A of electricity per line. Party A
guarantees that the total load will not exceed 16A in the other line when tripping occurs in one line of power supply. Otherwise, Party A shall be liable for any consequence. The height of rack provided by Party B to Party A shall be 60U. Should
part of space of the rack be unusable by Party A due to power supply of Party B, Party B shall assign equivalent space in another rack to Party A. 
  

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 3. Party B guarantees 99.9% of connection of network system of Party A, i.e. less than 44 minutes (forty-four minutes) of
no connection time per month. 
  
 * 
  
 “Time of network connection failure” refers to the accumulated time of no
connection of reporting within 24 hours of occurrence of “no network connection” with confirmation of Party B that the connection failure is fault of Party B. Should the followings cause connection failure of network system of Party A, the
time is not calculated in the “time of network connection failure”: 
  

	 ̈	Result of network maintenance by Party B with advance notice to Party A 

  

	 ̈	Caused by any circuit or equipment of Party A 

  

	 ̈	Result of application programs or installation activities of Party A 

  

	 ̈	Result of negligence of Party A or authorized operation of Party A 

  
 4. Through friendly consultations between Party A and Party B, Party B shall provide the following package services to Party A: 
  

	(1)	Party B shall provide * standard racks in Zaojunmiao mechanical room for the placement of information server and accessory equipment of Party A (hereinafter known as
information server). 

  

	(2)	* 

  

	(3)	Party B shall provide backup link. The specific plan shall be an attachment of this Agreement after affirmation by Party A and Data Operation Department of Party B.

  

	(4)	Party B shall provide * of fiber optic maintenance exclusive line (from office of Party A to mechanical room of Party B). 

  

	(5)	Party B shall be responsible for the daily maintenance and equipment safety of information server of Party A and shall implement around-the-clock specially assigned person on-duty
system to assure the normal operation of information server of Party A. 

  

	(6)	Party B shall assist Party A undergoing equipment installation, connection testing, and domain name setup. Domain name: www.sohu.com. 

  

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 5. Party A shall submit the information content to the relevant competent authorities for examination to assure the
quality and healthiness of information. Should the information of Party A violate laws, regulations, and policies, Party B shall temporarily suspend or permanently terminate the online service of Party A in accordance with the orders from the
relevant authorities. 
  
 6. Should Party B affect or may affect the online
service of Party A due to network construction, Party B shall notify the relevant contact of Party A at least 24 hours in advance. Should Party B fail to notify 24 hours in advance causing Party A to suffer loss, Party B shall be held for breach of
contract according to Clause 2 of Article VI. Should the information provided by Party A be erroneous or Party A fail to promptly inform Party B about the change of contact leading to delay, Party B shall not be held liable. 
  
 7. Party B cannot guarantee that the service provided can absolutely prevent the loss,
change, and unauthorized access of Party A’s data storing in the host computer in the mechanical room of Party B. 
  
 8. Should Party B, according to its own judgment, believe that the utilization of service by Party A may result in serious threat to computer safety or serious
interference to data center of Party B or the normal operation of the related services or some actions during the utilization of service by Party A are prohibited by court or governmental order, Party A shall have the right to restrict or terminate
all or partial service used by Party A. 
  
 9. Party B shall properly keep
consigned equipment of Party A. Should the fault of Party B cause damage to equipment of Party A, Party B shall compensate the loss. The compensation shall be limited to the re-purchase cost of the equipment or hardware, excluding the related
software, databank, or similar configurations. 
  

	IV.	Obligations of Party C 

  
 1. Party C shall pay the fees to Party B in accordance with the amount, payment time, and method stipulated in this Agreement. 
  

	V.	Operation and Ownership of Property Right 

  
 1. The property right of facilities and equipment of Party B that are used to accommodate information server of Party A shall belong to Party B. 
  
 2. The information server and accessory equipment of Party A that are placed in the
mechanical room of Party B shall belong to Party A. In pursuance to observance of articles stipulated under this Agreement, Party A shall have the right 
  

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 to autonomy in business operations 
  

	VI.	Fees, Payment Time, and Payment Method 

  
 1. * 
  
 2. Party B shall mail the balance statement to Party A and Party C on the 21st day of every month.

  
 3. Party A and Party C shall pay the fee for the service provided from the
21st day of previous month to the 20th day of this month within 10 working days after 21st day of every month. 
  
 4. Should there be readjustment
of national charging fee within the effective period of the Agreement, the three parties shall execute in accordance with the new charging fee standard. 
  
 5. Party A and Party C shall pay the fees to Party B in the form of Check. Party B shall provide official receipt equivalent to the amount of payment to Party A
and Party C at the time of receiving checks from Party B. 
  

	VII.	Liability for Breach of Contract 

  
 1. Should any party of Party A and Party C fail to pay the fees to Party B in accordance with the amount, payment time, and method stipulated under the Agreement, Party A
and Party C shall be held liable jointly, and shall pay a penalty of * of the due amount daily to Party B. Should the delay of payment exceed 30 days, Party B shall reserve the right to temporarily suspend the online service of Party A. Should the
delay exceed 60 days, Party B shall have the right to terminate the online service of Party A and demand payment of the due fees and penalty charges. Party B shall restore the on-line service of Party A within 48 hours of receiving the due payments
and penalty charges from Party A and Party C. 
  
 2. Should Party B fail to
provide the service quality stated in Clause 3 of Article III in any month, Party B shall reduce the port monthly leasing fee of that month by an amount equal to *. 
  
 3. Should the illegal operation of Party A lead to economic losses of Party B, Party A shall be held liable fully and shall compensate for
all losses of Party B. 
  
 4. Should any party of Party A, Party B, and Party C
discretionarily terminate the Agreement causing losses to other two parties, the party terminating the Agreement shall bear all the losses incurred on the other parties. * 
  

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 VIII. Exemption Clause 
  
 1. Should any party fail to execute this Agreement due to force majeure, some or all of the responsibilities may be exempted according to the impact of force majeure.
However, should the occurrence of force majeure take place after delay fulfillment of the obligation by the party, the responsibility shall not be exempted. 
  
 2. Should any party fail to execute the Agreement due to force majeure, the party shall promptly inform the other two parties to minimize the possible losses and shall
provide the proof of force majeure and its effect on the execution of the Agreement within a reasonable time period. 
  
 3. Due to the unique features of Internet, the speed of the connection may be reduced at times, or the connection may be discontinued briefly. Both Party A and Party B
acknowledge that these occurrences are normal. However, the annual accumulated discontinuing time shall not exceed 12 hours, and Party B shall not be held liable within this limit. Should the discontinuing time exceed 12 hours within one year, Party
B shall reduce the fee paid by Party A in accordance with Clause 2 of Article VI. 
  
 IX. Settlement of Dispute 
  
 Any disputes arising from the execution of,
or in connection with this Agreement shall be settled through friendly consultations among three parties. In case no settlement can be settled through consultations, the disputes shall be submitted to Beijing Arbitration Commission for arbitration
in accordance with its rules of procedure. 
  
 X. Term of Contract, Termination,
Amendment, and Renewal 
  
 1. This Agreement shall be effective from July 21, 2003
to July 20, 2004. 
  
 2. Should any party desire to terminate this Agreement
within the effective period of this Agreement, a written request shall be submitted to the other two parties 30 days in advance, and this Agreement may be terminated upon approval of the other two parties. However, the party requesting termination
shall bear the resulting losses of other two parties. 
  
 3. Should there be
adjustment of national laws, regulations, or policies or three parties desire to modify article, three parties shall modify the content of the Agreement or terminate this Agreement in accordance with the national laws, regulations, or policies.

  

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 4. Should Party A require continuing service of Party B after expiration of this Agreement, Party A shall submit
application. The Agreement shall be renewed after all three parties have reached consensus. 
  
 XI. This Agreement shall come into force upon signing by the three parties. 
  
 XII. This Agreement shall have six copies with each party holding two copies and shall be equally authentic. 
  
  
  
 Party A: (Seal)

  
 Legal Representative: (Signature) 
  
 Authorized Proxy: (Signature) 
  
 Signing Date: October 10, 2003 
  
 Party B: (Seal) 
  
 Leading Official of Company: (Signature) 
  
 Authorized Proxy: (Signature) 
  
 Signing Date: October 10, 2003

  
 Party C: (Seal) 
  
 Legal Representative: (Signature) 
  
 Authorized Proxy: (Signature) 
  
 Signing Date: October 10, 2003 
  

	 Contact of Party A:
  
 Xu Huiquan
	 	 Contact of Party B:
  
 Zhang Hui
	 	 Contact of Party C:

  

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	Telephone: 65102160 – 6488, 13901389798	 	 Telephone: 63067016,
  
 13910897829
	 	Telephone:
			
	Fax: 65102179	 	Fax: 63067737	 	Fax:
			
	 E-mail:hunterxu@sohu-
 inc.com
	 	 Email:
 zhanghui@publicf.bta.net.cn
	 	E-mail:
			
	 Mailing Address:
  
 7 Jianguomenneidajie,
 Chang’an Tower #2 15th Floor
	 	 Mailing Address:
  
 2 Huayuanbeijie, Tonggang
 Tower Room 706, Xicheng
 District, Beijing
	 	Mailing Address:
			
	Postal Code: 100005	 	Postal Code: 100032	 	Postal Code:

  

	 	*	Omitted pursuant to request for confidential treatment and filed separately with the Commission. 

  

 8EXHIBIT 10.2

 Exhibit 10.2 
  
 China Unicom 
  
 Mobile Data Service Cooperation 
 Agreement 
  
 Agreement
Number:CUVAS-A0300X 
  
 Party A: China Unicom Co., Ltd

  
 Party B: Beijing Sohu Online Network Information Services,
Limited 
  
 Date: March 25, 2003 
  

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 Contents 
  

	 Prelude
	  	 
		
	 Chapter I
	  	Objective
		
	 Chapter II
	  	Definitions
		
	 Chapter III
	  	Cooperation Scope and Task Interfaces
		
	 Chapter IV
	  	Customer Service Management Interfaces
		
	 Chapter V
	  	Mobile Data Service Security
		
	 Chapter VI
	  	Billing and Settlement
		
	 Chapter VIII
	  	PR and Confidentiality
		
	 Chapter VIII
	  	Default and Disputes
		
	 Chapter IX
	  	Force Majeure
		
	 Chapter X
	  	Amendment or Termination
		
	 Chapter XI
	  	Effectiveness and Miscellaneous
	
	 Signatory page

		
	 Exhibit 1:
	  	Mobile Data Service and Pricing Standards
		
	 Exhibit 2:
	  	Billing and Settlement
		
	 Exhibit 3:
	  	Maintenance Interfaces and Responsibilities
		
	 Exhibit 4:
	  	Services Provided by Party B to Users
		
	 Exhibit 5:
	  	Security Guarantee Agreement for Information Source Networking

  
  

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 Prelude 
  
 This Agreement is executed by the parties on March 25, 2003, in Beijing: 
  
 China Unicom Co., Ltd (hereinafter referred to as “Party A”), a company incorporated and existing in accordance with Chinese laws with the legal address at No.
A133, Xi Dan Bei Avenue, Xicheng District, Beijing, China, and the legal representative as Yang Xianzu; 
  
 Beijing Sohu Online Network Information Service Co., Ltd (hereinafter referred to as “Party B”), a company incorporated and existing in accordance with Chinese laws with the legal address at No. 7 Jian Guo
Men Nei Avenue, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China, and the legal representative as Zhang Chaoyang. 
  
 Chapter I Objectiveness 
  
 WHEREAS, 
  

	1.	Party A, a telecom operator authorized by the competent authority of information industry under the State Council and engaged in providing infrastructure telecom services and
value-added telecom services to nationwide customers, is equipped with its own infrastructure telecom networks, data service platforms, service sales system, extensive customer base. Party A is fully entitled to execute and perform this Agreement.

  

	2.	Party B, a content provider (CP) and service provider (SP) providing mobile data contents/services, is qualified and authorized to engage in the business set out hereunder, and has
procured the following qualification certificates: 

  
 a.     No. 1102282020357 Business License 
  
 b.     Jing ICP Zheng No. 000008 License of Internet Information Service; 
  
 c.     No.              License of Value-added Telecom Service

  
 d.     Other certificates of qualification
and/or business tests accepted by Party A. 
  
 Party B is fully entitled to
execute and perform this Agreement, and wish to provide the mobile data content services to customers via mobile communication network and data service platform of Party A. 
  

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 NOW THEREFORE: 
  
 The parties hereby agree as follows in the principle of equality, mutual benefit and win-win strategy in an effort to develop and enrich the mobile data
services of China Unicom. 
  
 Chapter
II    Definitions 
  
 This Agreement
expressly defines the following terms as follows. Other terms not defined hereunder shall have the meaning defined by the applicable laws, regulations, or Chinese laws or government policies, or as defined by the industry practice in case of no
legal provisions. 
  
 2.1 CP/SP 
  
 CP, abbreviated from the Content Provider, refers to the content provider.
“CP” hereunder refers to the providers of the information for the services hereunder only. 
  
 SP, abbreviated from Services Provider, refers to the service providers. “SP” hereunder refers to the professional service organizations
providing communication and information services, including the network operators, and those providing portfolio services by integrating services of other network operators. 
  
 “CP/SP” hereunder refers to any professional organizations willing to cooperate with Party A to provide mobile
data services to the mobile communication network users of Party A via the mobile communication network and data service platform of Party A. 
  
 2.2 Users 
  
 Any individual, legal person or other organization linking with the mobile communication network and data service platform of Party A via the mobile
terminals or other telecom terminals accepted by Party A, and willing to accept the mobile data services of Party A and Party B. 
  
 2.3 Mobile Data Service 
  
 Data services and applications carried by the mobile telecom network of Party A. 
  
 2.4 Mobile Communication Network and Data Service Platform 
  

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 In this agreement, the Mobile Communication Network refers to the infrastructure of Party A to provide mobile
communication services. The data service platform refers to the service platform for one or more than one data services on the basis of the Mobile Communication Network, including but not limited to the user interfaces, CP/SP interfaces, business
management and application billing, etc. 
  
 2.5 Supporting System

  
 User management system, billing system, settlement system, accounting
system and other systems to ensure normal service operation. 
  
 2.6
Communication Channel 
  
 Physical and logic connections in the mobile
communication system to support user communication. 
  
 2.7 Ports

  
 Interface configurations to support the communication connections between
the Data Service Platform and Mobile Communication Network, Data Service Platform and application services of CP/SP, including communication addresses and other relevant parameters. 
  
 2.8 Traffic Volume 
  
 Incoming/outgoing communication traffic volume of the Data Service Platform. 
  
 2.9 Test 
  
 Test of the services provided by CP/SP by specific tools and methods, which may include the network interconnection test, interface consistency test and function test, to ensure up to the requirements of formal
operation of the services. 
  
 2.10 Discontinuance Grace Period 

 
 With the pending discontinuance of CP/SP services, to alleviate the loss thus incurred to
Users, CP/SP shall notify users for certain period beforehand in appropriate manners, during which period Party B shall provide services to users as per user agreements. The advance period is defined as the discontinuance grace period. 

 
 2.11 Equipment Connection Points 
  

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 Connecting points between two physical or logical facilities. 
  
 2.12 Maintenance Interface 
  
 The whole business system of user service consists of different parts under
the maintenance of different parties. The Maintenance Interface refers to the points of dividing the maintenance responsibilities of different parties. 
  
 2.13 System Maintenance 
  
 Necessary routine maintenance and troubleshooting for normal operation of the business system. 
  
 2.14 Gateway 
  
 The facility supporting protocol conversion and system interconnection. 
  
 2.15 Customization 
  
 Users define the specific requirements of the services and voluntarily require to accept the services. 
  
 2.16 7×24 
  
 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, regardless of holidays. 
  
 2.17 Communication Premium 
  
 Premium for use of Party A’s network resources by the User or CP/SP, collected by Party A to the User or CP/SP and owned by Party A. 
  
 2.18 Information Service Premium 
  
 Premium except for the Communication Premium for the use of CP/SP contents
or application services by the User. The Information Service Premium is shared by Party A and Party B in the agreed proportion, as Party A shall provide access services, customer services, premium collection and billing services. 
  
 2.19 Corporate Code 
  
 Corporate Code, abbreviated from “China Unicom Mobile Data Service CP/SP Corporate Code”, is the unique corporate
mark of Party A to Party B. 
  

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 Chapter III    Cooperation Scope and Task Interfaces 
  

	3.1	Party A shall provide the Communication Channel and network user resources to Party B at a price, and provide premium services including the access services, user services, billing
services and premium collection services via its customer service system, billing system and Supporting System (billing/settlement standards and methods as set out in Exhibit 1). 

  

	3.2	Party A assigns the Corporate Code of 20001 to Party B. 

  

	3.3	Party A shall ensure the Corporate Code is unique and reliable. The Parties agree that, in Party A’s systems, including but not limited to the billing and settlement system,
data service platform system, customer system, the Corporate Code is equivalent to the company name of business entity of Party B. 

  

	3.4	Party B shall provide the users with the mobile data services as set out in Exhibit 2 via the Mobile Communication Network and Data Service Platform of Party A.

  

	3.5	Upon providing of mobile data services (including any change thereof), Party B shall procure the written acceptance of the test by Party A. Party A shall, upon the request of Party
B, issue the written acceptance to Party B when Party A’s test of Party B’s service proves Party B’s capability to provide the mobile data services. 

  

	3.6	Prior to provision of any mobile data services to Party A’s users in any manner, Party B shall fully notify the users of such services, stating at least the content, manner and
premium standards of such services. Party B shall not provide any such services to users unless Party B has performed the above notification obligations in the certified manner and has procured the confirmation and/or customization requests of the
users for the value-added mobile data service in the certified manner. Without prior written consent of Party A, Party B shall neither regard “customer silence” as the confirmation, nor rely on such compulsory manner as “absence of
calls or short messages for denying the customization shall constitute the confirmation” to make customized services at a price, nor incur unnecessary cost to users for such issues. 

  

	3.7	During the term of this Agreement, the parties shall respectively undertake the maintenance of respective facilities according to the Equipment Connection Point, as set out in
Exhibit 4. 

  

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	3.8	During the term of this Agreement, Party B shall report to Party A, at request, about the user base, user categorization, user habits, business forecast and other information, and
promptly furnish Party A with the user data about the service management to ensure real-time upgrade of the user database of Party A. 

  

	3.9	Party B agrees to strictly abide by existing and future regulations, quality standards, user service standards and other documents of mobile data services formulated by Party A in
the providing of mobile data services. 

  

	3.10	During the term of this Agreement, any new mobile data service or change of business scope and price by Party B are subject to the billing test of Party A and written consent of
Party A. 

  

	3.11	The parties may jointly or independently promote the mobile data services in various manners as necessary. 

  

	3.12	Party A is entitled to consult with Party B to use the brands of China Unicom, and promote the mobile data services by confirmation of Party A. 

  

	3.13	Party B shall not use the name, marks and other data of Party A in its independent marketing of mobile data services without the request of Party A or without written consent of
Party A. 

  

	3.14	Party B shall be liable to any liability arising out of the provision of any mobile data services to users by any third party via the maintenance interfaces of Party B. In this
case, Party A shall not be liable to users or any such third party in any aspect. 

  
 Chapter IV    Customer Service Management Interfaces 
  

	4.1	The parties shall each keep the 7×24 hours hotline service centers. 

  

	4.2	In case Party A customer complaint center or consultation center transfer the non-Party-A problems to Party B, Party B shall respond to Party A or users within one (1) hour, and
provide the final solution or troubleshooting method thereof. 

  

	4.3	Party B shall not require the users to contact Party A directly on the ground that the consultation or complaint falls within the duties of Party A. In this case, the user service
staff or user service system of Party B shall assist Party A for diagnosis and troubleshooting, and contact Party A within one (1) hour, and transfer the issue to Party A upon Party A’s confirmation. 

  

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	4.4	In case the parties fail to determine the liabilities to the consultation or complaint it receives, the concerned party shall contact the other party within one (1) hour, find out
the responsibility party, and try to address the customer problem and avoid dodging duties. 

  
 Chapter V    Mobile Data Service Security 
  

	5.1	Party A is entitled to make necessary test and data statistics to the services provided by Party B during the term of this Agreement, and is entitled to require correction of Party
B according to Party A’s regulations of mobile data services based on the test. 

  

	5.2	Party A is entitled to control and adjust the Traffic and Ports of Party A’s Maintenance Interfaces, and notify Party B accordingly. 

  

	5.3	Party B shall ensure the services it provides are free from any severe hazard in impairing, by itself or by other users, the Mobile Communication Network, Data Service Platform or
other user interests. 

  

	5.4	Party B shall abide by the application telecom and Internet information regulations, rules and policies, Party B shall ensure that its information service contents are compliant
with government laws, regulations and policies, and shall not distribute the illegal information of 9 categories listed in Security Guarantee Agreement for Information Source Networking (as set out in Exhibit 5). 

  

	5.5	Party B shall settle any dispute arising out of the security and legality of the contents in the information services. 

  

	5.6	In case of any economic loss of Party A’s business arising out of the violation of the clause 5.4 by Party B, Party B shall indemnify Party A against the loss. In case of any
negative impact of Party A arising out of the violation of the clause 5.4 by Party B, Party B shall announce its liability in it and publicly apologize to Party A. 

  

	5.7	Party B shall ensure that its traffic to Party A’s Communication Platform shall not impair the safe load of the network. Party A is entitled to restrict any transmission of
abnormal overload data or information traffic that may threat the normal operation of Party A’s network. 

  

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 Chapter VI Billing and Settlement 
  

	6.1	The Communication Premium and Information Service Premium are collected by Party A, Party B shall not collect any user premium. The billing and settlement of the Mobile Data Service
is provided for in Exhibit 1. 

  

	6.2	Party A shall own the Communication Premium for use of Party A’s Mobile Communication Network by the User or Party B. 

  

	6.3	The parties shall share the Information Service Premium in the mobile data services provided by Party B. Party A shares the premium because it provides the following services:
mobile communication network user resources, service platforms, service tests, quality monitoring services, uniform user services and marketing, collection of information premium, and/or billing services. 

  

	6.4	In case the User refuses to pay Information Service Premium due to the poor services of Party B, Party B shall still pay to Party A the agreed proportion of the Information Service
Premium of the User to Party A as set out in Exhibit 1 hereto in addition to the Communication Premium for the use of Party A’s Mobile Communication Network. 

  

	6.5	Party B shall furnish Party A with the list of Information Service Premium in the format required by Party A. In case of failure of Party B to provide the list as scheduled and
formatted, Party A shall not collect the Information Service Fee accordingly, in which case, Party B shall still pay to Party A the Communication Premium and the agreed proportion of the Information Service Premium as set out hereunder.

  

	6.6	Party B shall furnish formal invoices to Party A upon or after the settlement of the Information Service Premium. 

  

	6.7	Party A shall pay to Party B all due Information Service Premium in the time and manner agreed mutually. 

  
 Chapter VII IPR and Confidentiality 
  

	7.1	The issues of copyright, trademark ownership, patent rights and other intellectual property rights in the term of this Agreement shall follow the applicable laws and regulations.
Party B shall execute necessary authorization/license agreements with IPR owners/right owners or their 

  

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	  	agents according to applicable laws and regulations, to ensure that its content shall not infringe the legal rights of any IPR owners and right owners, and shall provide such
authorization/license documents as requested by Party A. Party A shall not be liable for any IPR dispute between Party B and any third party. 

  

	7.2	Party B shall settle any dispute arising out of the security and legality of the information services provided by Party B. Party B promises and guarantees that the information
services it provides shall not infringe any IPR or civil rights of any third party. Party B further promises to be held liable for indemnification against any lawsuit, claim, administrative penalty, loss and damage arising out of the default of
above promises and guarantees. 

  

	7.3	The parties shall keep the confidentiality of this cooperation and this Agreement. Without prior written consent of the other party, neither party shall disclose to any third party
of the provisions and relevant information about this Agreement. 

  

	7.4	During the term of this Agreement and within two (2) years after the termination, neither party shall disclose, inform or notify any third party of the trade secrets (including
financial secrets), technical secrets, business know-how and/or other confidential information and data of the other party (regardless those in oral form or written form or any other form). 

  

	7.5	During the term of this Agreement and within two (2) years after the termination, the parties shall keep the confidentiality of the undividable trade secrets (including financial
secrets), technical secrets, business know-how and/or other confidential information and data of the other party (regardless those in oral form or written form or any other form) jointly created by the parties for the performance of this Agreement.
Without the consent of the other party, neither party shall disclose, inform or notify any third party of the above information. 

  
 Chapter VIII Default and Dispute 
  

	8.1	The parties shall strictly abide by this Agreement. Failure of either party to perform the obligations, promises or guarantees, or honor the representations hereunder, which impairs
the interests of the other party or result in failure to continue the cooperation, shall be deemed as default. 

  

	8.2	In case the default of one party results in negative social impact or economic loss, the conforming party is entitled to claim from the default party to eliminate the negative
impact, indemnify the economic loss, or even terminate this Agreement. 

  

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	8.3	The parties shall settle any dispute or conflict arising out of the performance of this Agreement in a friendly, cooperative and sincere manner. 

  

	8.4	The parties agree that any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement failing friendly consultation shall be submitted to Beijing Arbitration Committee for
arbitration according to its rules. The arbitration award is final and binding upon the parties. The arbitration is in Chinese. 

  

	8.5	The execution, performance and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the applicable laws and regulations of PRC. 

  
 Chapter IX Force Majeure 
  

	9.1	Force majeure refers to any uncontrollable and unpredictable event, or those predictable events that will uncontrollably prevent partial or full performance of this Agreement. The
force majeure events include earthquake, land collapse, sinking, flood, typhoon, natural disaster and other Acts of God, flood, explosion, accident, war, riot, uprising, military riot, social disturbance, terrorist attacks, disruptions or other
similar or non-similar contingent accidents. 

  

	9.2	Neither party shall be liable to the loss of the other party arising out of the failure of one party to perform the obligations hereunder due to the force majeure events.

  

	9.3	The affected party shall forthwith notify the other party of the force majeure event, and furnish the valid evidencing documents issued by local government authorities stating the
details and the causes for partial failure or complete failure to perform this Agreement or postpone the performance of this Agreement within fifteen (15) days thereafter. The parties shall determine to postpone the performance or terminate this
Agreement according to the impact severity via consultation.  

  
 Chapter X Amendment or Termination 
  

	10.1	During the term of this cooperation, the regulations of mobile data services or relevant user service regulations formulated by Party A from time to time shall serve as the
supplement of this Agreement. In case of any discrepancy between the above regulations and this Agreement, the above regulations shall prevail. The parties may execute amendment as to the conflicting provisions via consultation.

  

	10.2	The party intending to change or modify this Agreement shall notify the other 

  

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party fifteen (15) days in advance in writing. The parties shall change or modify this Agreement in writing via consultation. 

 

	10.3	In case one party fails to perform the obligations and responsibilities hereunder or materially violates this Agreement, which results in the other party’s failure to continue
or further the value-added mobile data service cooperation hereunder, it is deemed as unilateral termination of this Agreement by the default party, in which case the conforming party is entitled to claim from the other party for the economic loss
thus incurred, and terminate this Agreement. 

  

	10.4	Upon termination of the business of Party B for any reason, Party B shall notify Party A at least one (1) month in advance, and allow the discontinuance grace period from 1 to 3
months, during which Party B shall continue to provide user services, and post the service discontinuance announcement of at least 90 days on its Website (Web/WAP) or via other channels.  

  
 Chapter XI     Effectiveness and Miscellaneous

  

	11.1	This Agreement shall take effect upon the signature or stamping by the duly authorized representatives of the Parties with the validity term of one (1) year. This Agreement shall be
automatically renewed without objection of any party upon the expiry. 

  

	11.2	This Agreement is in four (4) copies of equal validity with each party holding two (2) copies. 

  

	11.3	All exhibits hereto are an integral part of this Agreement with equal validity. 

  

	11.4	Contacts of the parties: 

  
 Party A: Name: 
  
 Tel: 
  
 Fax: 
  
 Email: 
  
 Party B: Name: Zhao Boxin 
  
 Tel: 65102160-6618 
  
 Fax: 65102583 
  
 Email: boxinzhao@sohu-inc.com 
  

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 Signature Page 
  
 Party A: China Unicom Co., Ltd 
  
 Representative: 
  
 Date: 
  
 Party B: Beijing Sohu Online
Network Information Service Co., Ltd 
  
 Representative: 
  
 Date: March 25, 2003 
  

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 Exhibit 1    Billing and Settlement 
  

	I.	Party B shall fill out the entry of due information service premium to be collected by Party A in each item of information to be transmitted in accordance with the format of Party
A. 

  

	II.	Short-message service premium standard 

  
 1.    Communication premium 
  

	 	a)	China Unicom shall determine and collect the communication premium from the users; 

  

	 	b)	Upon the successful receipt of the required information by users in such services as information request and inquiry via MP, each uplink message communication premium is RMB 0.05
yuan, and that of each downlink message is RMB 0.05 yuan. 

  

	 	c)	For customized services and requested services by Internet users, upon the successful receipt of the information, the communication premium of each downlink message is RMB 0.05
yuan. 

  

	 	d)	Point-to-point services (i.e. MP-to-MP short message services), upon the successful sending, the caller shall be charged at RMB 0.1 yuan/message; 

  

	 	e)	No communication premium is applicable to system feedback information generated in users’ use of the mobile data services. 

  
 For instance, there will be no uplink/downlink communication premium to system confirmation
of successful user operation, such system feedbacks as system failure or failing user operation, etc. 
  

	2.	Information services premium 

  

	a)	In general, Party B shall determine the pricing of the information services premium for application upon approval of Party A. 

  

	b)	The caller will be charged of information services premium upon successful receipt by the receiving user; 

  

	c)	There is upper threshold to the information services premium of Party B. 

  

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 The maximum RMB 2 yuan/message for message-based payment; 
  
 The maximum RMB 30 yuan/month for monthly payment. 
  

For monthly information services, the user canceling the customized services within fifteen (15) days from the commencing date shall be charged 50% of the monthly
premium, and those canceling the customized services after fifteen (15) days (inclusive) from the commencing date shall be charged 100% monthly premium. 
  
 The service premium (information service premium) hereunder is set out in Exhibit 2 hereto. 
  

	III.	PUSH special service premium 

  

	(1)	Users are free of communication premium and information premium. 

  

	(2)	Party B shall pay to Party A the downlink communication premium for PUSH services at RMB 0.05 yuan/message. 

  

	(3)	Party B can only distribute business-related information, and shall not send ads and other commercial information to users without the consent of Party A. 

 

	IV.	Profit-sharing model of the parties 

  
 The communication premium is vested to Party A, and the information service premium, net of the 4% business tax and 8% bad debt, shall be shared by the parties in the
agreed proportion as follows: 
  

	(1)	Profit base: all due information service premium (net of the 4% business tax and 8% bad debt); 

  

	(2)	During the first three (3) months of the cooperation, Party A shall take 20% of the profit base with Party B taking the remaining 80%. In case the monthly business of Party B in one
of the first 3 months exceeds 10 million messages (inclusive), then Party A will take 10% of the profit base with Party B taking the remaining 90% at that month. 

  

	(3)	From the first day of the first month of the 3-month period, the parties shall implement the following profit-sharing ratio based on the monthly business volume:

  

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 Unit: 10,000 messages/month 
  

	 	  	Level 1

	    	Level 2

	    	Level 3

	    	Level 4

	 Business volume
	  	31000	    	3500	    	3100	    	<100
					
	 Profit-sharing rate
of Party A
	  	10%	    	20%	    	30%	    	40%
					
	 Profit-sharing rate
of Party B
	  	90%	    	80%	    	70%	    	60%

  
 Note:    The above
business volume is calculated as per the actual messages (including service at request and monthly service), exclusive of the PUSH services initiated by Party B. 
  
 V. Capital settlement of the parties 
  

	1.	In principle, the parties shall settle their accounts monthly; 

  

	2.	The parties shall check the last-month data of information service premium from the 10th day to the 20th day each month, and settle the
month-preceding-last-month information service fee from the 25th day to 28th day each month. That is to say, the current-month information service premium shall be checked the second month and settled the third month.

  

	3.	The message records for successful billing furnished by Party A to Party B shall apply to the information service premium collected by Party A for Party B. 

 

	4.	In case that the gap of the statistical data of information service premium between the parties is not over 5%, the data of Party A shall prevail. In case of the gap over 5%, the
parties shall re-check the statistical data of information service premium, and settle the gap reasonably. 

  
 VI.    Others 
  

	1.	Party B shall inform users of the items of messages sent by Party B. 

  

	2.	For Internet group-calling service, the caller shall be charged as per the receiving numbers and the premium standards with each group calling numbers not over 2 numbers.

  

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 Exhibit 2    Mobile Data Value-added Services and Pricing 
 Standards 
  

	I.	Service categories:       ̈Short
message      ̈Mobile Internet      ̈Download      ̈Position 

 
 Access mode:      ̈Internet       ̈Dedicated line    
 ̈Intranet 
  
 Access place: 
  
 Service commencing date: 
  

	II.	Customer service telephone of Party B:    8601-87710088 

  

	III.	Customer service principal of Party B:    Zheng Xin 

  

	IV.	Website of Party B to provide mobile data services: sms.sohu.com 

  

	V.	Service contents and premium standards 

  

	(I)	 ̈ [Service 1] ; 

  

	(II)	 ̈ [Service 2] ; 

  

	(III)	 ̈ [Service 3] ; 

  

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 Exhibit 3 Services Provided by Party B to Users 
  
 [It is recommended for Party B to formulate the service list to be approved by
Party A] 
  

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 Exhibit 4: Maintenance Interfaces and Responsibilities 
  
 I. Sketch of maintenance interfaces 
  
 

 
 

 
  
 Figure 1: Sketch of Maintenance
Interfaces 
  
 II. Maintenance responsibilities of the parties 

 
 (I) Party A’s responsibilities 
  

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	1.	Party A shall supply the mobile data network and software/hardware for the data service platform. 

  

	2.	Party A shall coordinate with Party B for connecting the communication lines from the gateways or the servers of Party A to the servers of Party B. 

  

	3.	Party A shall open the technical protocol standards and interface standards related to the data services to Party B. 

  

	4.	Party A shall ensure the normal network communication within its responsibility scope, and undertake the troubleshooting for the network failures not attributable to Party B. Party
A is entitled to restrict any transmission of abnormal overload data or information traffic that may threat the normal operation of Party A’s network. 

  

	5.	Party A shall furnish the traffic statistic data of the communication channels used by Party B, and ensure the promptness and reliability of such data. 

  

	6.	Party A shall promptly notify Party B of any communication interruption arising out of gateway or other network equipment commissioning, maintenance or other predictable causes,
stating the interruption reasons, duration and frequency. 

  

	7.	Party A shall promptly notify Party B in reasonable advance of any pending traffic interruption arising out of unpredictable reasons including gateway failures or other network
failures. 

  
 (II)  Party B’s responsibilities

  

	1.	Party B shall undertake the building and maintenance of its “application service” system, including all relevant hardware, system commissioning, cut-over, system
maintenance, routine business management and marketing effort/cost. 

  

	2.	Party B shall ensure the interconnection of gateways/servers of Party A with Party B’s systems, and undertake the application, lease and maintenance cost of relevant
communication lines. 

  

	3.	Party B shall undertake the gathering, editing, review and production of the information it provides, ensure the promptness, reliability and legality of such information, and bear
corresponding responsibilities. 

  

	4.	Party B shall guarantee to arrange the system commissioning, cutover and system maintenance at relevant idle hours of Party A with user-impacting operations at midnight. Party B
shall ensure the above operations will not impair the normal network operation of Party A, and be liable to the network system failures of Party A thus incurred. 

  

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	5.	Party B shall notify Party A of any system commissioning, cutover and system modification in advance in writing, and inform the users via emails, ads or short messages upon approval
of Party A in an effort to reduce the impact on users to the minimum. 

  

	6.	Party B shall submit to Party A’s arrangement of traffic volume upon emergencies to ensure normal data services during the cooperation term. 

  

	7.	Party B shall promise not to create any overload traffic endangering network security when transmitting data and information to the mobile communication network and data service
platform of Party A. 

  

	8.	Party B shall provide 7*24 hours system maintenance. 

  

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 Exhibit 5: Security Guarantee Agreement for Information Source  Networking 
  
 Information source suppliers (CP/SP hereunder) linking with the mobile communication network,
UNINET or relevant service platforms of China Unicom (including but not limited to short-message gateway, WAP gateway, JAVA/BREW download server, positioning service servers and etc) shall abide by the following regulations: 
  
 Article 1    Submit to applicable government laws, regulations and rules,
strictly implement the information security regulations. 
  
 Article
2    Not engaged in illegal acts endangering the national security and disclosing national secrets via the mobile communication network, UNINET or relevant business platforms of China Unicom, not engaged in making, searching,
browsing, replication and distribution of any information violating the constitution and laws, impairing social security, national unification, damaging national unity and involving sex and violence via the mobile communication network, UNINET or
relevant business platforms of China Unicom, not engaged in distributing any of the following information via the mobile communication network, UNINET or relevant business platforms of China Unicom: 
  

	1.	Violate basic principles of the Constitution; 

  

	2.	Endanger the national security, disclose national secrets, overturn the competent government and damage the national unification; 

  

	3.	Impair the national honor and interests; 

  

	4.	Stir up the national hatred, national discrimination and damage national unity; 

  

	5.	Breach national religion policy, publicize evil religions and feudal superstition; 

  

	6.	Distribute rumors, destroy social order and damage social stability; 

  

	7.	Distribute obscene, erotic, gambling, violence, murder, horrific or crime-abetting information; 

  

	8.	Insult or defaming others, infringe others’ legal rights; 

  

	9.	Other contents prohibited by laws and regulations. 

  
 The information supplier shall prevent any above illegal acts and negative information promptly and report to competent authorities. 
  
 Article 3    The information supplier shall provide information according
to the 
  

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 applicable IPR laws and policies of China. 
  
 Article 4    The information supplier shall ensure the security and reliability of the service contents during the
integrated network test, trial operation and formal operation without impairment on the mobile communication network, UNINET or relevant business platforms of China Unicom. 
  
 Article 5    The information supplier shall establish effective information confidentiality regulations and technical
measures subject to the management, supervision and inspection of relevant competent authorities. 
  
 Article 6    Upon any violation of the above provisions, China Unicom shall take necessary measures to shut down the channels linking the corresponding information source, and terminate cooperation
with severe violators, and reserve the right to claim against the legal liability of the liable party. This agreement shall take effect upon the execution of the information supplier and be kept by China Unicom. 
  
 Information supplier: Beijing Sohu Online Network Information Service Co., Ltd 
  
 Principal (signature and seal): Zhang Chaoyang 
  
 Date: March 25, 2003 
  

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