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Article | 15/02/2011 Huawei refuses U.S. panel's advice to divest from 3Leaf

Chinese network supplier Huawei has declined a U.S. panel's recommendation that it voluntarily divest from a business acquisition that has raised nati...

Article | 15/02/2011 China group buying sites say Groupon must adapt to succeed

While Groupon continues to say little about its plans for China, local group buying sites in the country already expect the U.S. company to arrive, bu...

Article | 15/02/2011 ZTE makes bigger push into smartphone market

China's ZTE, which has made big gains in mobile phone market, aims to boost its smartphone sales in 2011 by five times.

Article | 11/02/2011 Report: U.S. panel to recommend reversing Huawei deal

A U.S. committee that overseas foreign investments will likely recommend that President Barack Obama reverse a deal by Chinese network supplier Huawei...

Article | 1/02/2011 China search engine Baidu sees Q4 profits nearly triple

China's largest search engine Baidu continues to post strong earnings, with the company's net profits more than doubling for the fourth quarter in 201...

Article | 31/01/2011 Lenovo breaks ground on new production center in China

Chinese PC maker Lenovo has broken ground on a new operations center in southwestern China that will produce computers, as well as bolster the company...

Article | 27/01/2011 China 4G TD-LTE trials expected to last 18 months

China has begun large-scale trials of fourth-generation (4G) mobile technology known as TD-LTE, with the tests expected to last 18 months, according t...

Article | 27/01/2011 China group buying sites fight Groupon's alleged poaching

Group buying sites in China are vowing not to re-hire employees who go to work for Groupon, as a way to prevent the company from poaching their worker...

Article | 26/01/2011 IBM to build Asia's largest cloud computing center

IBM and the China-based Range Technology will build a cloud computing data center near Beijing that the companies claim will be Asia's largest by floo...

Article | 19/01/2011 Lenovo to focus on tablets, smartphones with new unit

Chinese PC-maker Lenovo has setup a new business unit to create tablets and smartphones, two of the hottest emerging areas of the gadget sector.

Article | 19/01/2011 China's Internet users reach 457 million

The number of Internet users in China reached 457 million at the end of 2010, growing by more than 73 million users from the previous year, according ...

Article | 11/01/2011 Hacked iTunes accounts taken off China e-commerce site

The sale of hacked iTunes accounts in China has been dealt a blow as the Chinese online retailer Taobao.com has decided to remove all product listings...

Article | 10/01/2011 Myspace China makes staff cuts, CEO leaves

Myspace's China office cut about 30 employees last month and saw its CEO depart, a sign that the U.S.-based social networking service may be pulling b...

Article | 7/01/2011 Huawei's Ideos X5 smartphone plays 720p video

Chinese network supplier Huawei Technologies believes it has a winner with its Ideos smartphone brand and is releasing another device under that name ...

Article | 7/01/2011 Hacked iTunes accounts continue to sell in China

The sale of iTunes accounts that have reportedly been hacked has yet to be stopped by Apple or the Chinese e-commerce site hosting the sellers.