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Article | 22/02/2013 Apple supplier penalized for polluting nearby river in China

An Apple supplier known for making iPads has been penalized by Chinese authorities for turning a nearby river in Shanghai "white" after dumping pollut...

Article | 21/02/2013 ZTE to launch Tegra 4 smartphones for the Chinese market by mid-year

Handset maker ZTE said it will be the first vendor to launch smartphones using Nvidia's Tegra 4 processor, with new models slated to arrive in China b...

Article | 20/02/2013 China's Defense Ministry calls accusations of state-sponsored hacking groundless

China's Ministry of National Defense on Wednesday refuted the accusations that the nation's military supports cyberespionage, and said a recent securi...

Article | 19/02/2013 Microsoft's Surface RT shipments for China tiny compared to rival tablets

While first day sales for Microsoft's Surface RT tablet attracted a long line in Beijing back in October, demand for the device in China has been low,...

Article | 19/02/2013 China's Alibaba launches new search engine

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has launched a new search engine directly challenging the nation's search companies for market share.

Article | 8/02/2013 HP to limit student labor in Chinese factories with new guidelines

Hewlett-Packard has issued new guidelines to limit the use of student labor at its supplier factories in China, in what it claimed was the first of it...

Article | 8/02/2013 iPhone 5 fails to boost Apple's market share in China

Despite the launch of the iPhone 5 in December in China, Apple's smartphone market share in the nation barely grew during last year's fourth quarter, ...

Article | 7/02/2013 Glass smartphones coming this year, says Taiwanese firm

Sam Yu won't name the handset makers involved. But the executive at Taiwanese firm Polytron Technologies is confident that consumers this year will se...

Article | 5/02/2013 Baidu profit grows 36 percent in Q4

Baidu's net profit in the fourth quarter grew 36 percent year-over-year, but the company admits it has to still take advantage of China's growing mobi...

Article | 4/02/2013 HTC says phones with larger screens are on the way

Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC will release phones with screens larger than 5 inches, and develop more budget-friendly handsets for the Chinese market...

Article | 1/02/2013 US ITC to investigate Samsung, Nokia phones for patent infringement after InterDigital complaint

The U.S. International Trade Commission plans to investigate the smartphones of Samsung, Nokia and Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE for patent infringem...

Article | 31/01/2013 Beijing's heavy pollution a boon for air quality monitoring apps

On Jan. 13, local developer Wang Jun found that downloads for his app had suddenly skyrocketed, totaling 58,000 in a single day.

Article | 30/01/2013 Windows 8 convertibles help Lenovo break into high-end PC market

Lenovo's CEO said sales of its Windows 8 PCs have been "normal", neither surpassing nor falling behind expectations, but added that convertible device...

Article | 30/01/2013 Lenovo earnings up 34 percent, smartphone business in China becomes profitable

Lenovo's net profit for its fiscal third quarter grew by 34 percent year over year, as the company also reported that its smartphone business in China...

Article | 29/01/2013 More group buying sites in China close, but market goes up in value

China's group buying market continues to shrink, with the number of players in operation declining by close to 1,000 sites over the past year.