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• Article | 5/05/2011 IT outsourcing in China and data privacy guidelines

  China's data privacy protection has long been considered one of the world's weakest. But the government's proposed data security guidelines may go too...
• Article | 18/03/2011 China closes 130,000 Internet cafes as it seeks more control

  China shut down more than 130,000 illegal Internet cafes in the country over a six year period, as part of crackdown to control the market, according ...
• Article | 7/12/2010 Google: China will help lead the Internet revolution

  Google may have shutdown its China-based search engine months ago, but the U.S. company is still keen on providing new web services for users in the c...
• Article | 6/12/2010 WikiLeaks: China pressured Google on Internet censorship

  Google's struggles to operate its search engine in China worsened after a high-ranking Chinese official Googled himself only to find "results critical...
• Article | 7/09/2010 E.U. could investigate Chinese subsidies to modem makers

  The European Commission is considering opening a second enquiry to investigate if China is illegally subsidizing tech companies that produce wireless ...
• Article | 6/07/2010 Lenovo 'lucky' Apple not focused on China, says exec

  Lenovo is "lucky" that Apple CEO Steve Jobs isn't focused on the Chinese market, according to reported comments by Lenovo's chairman.
• Article | 5/07/2010 Google's China license problem remains unresolved

  After five days of waiting, Google is still in the dark about whether the company's operating license in China will be renewed.
• Article | 2/07/2010 Google's license to operate Google.cn site still in limbo

  The status of Google's China-based website, Google.cn, remains in limbo as the search engine giant waits to see if China will renew the company's oper...
• Article | 2/07/2010 Massive rise in Asia Pacific social media posts

  If you think big brother is watching your every move, he probably is, according to a leading online researcher, with Australia leading the world in so...
• Article | 10/06/2010 Google's Android may win backing from China and Taiwan

  Google's Android was promoted as the mobile software of choice for China and Taiwan at a high level telecommunications industry conference in Beijing ...
• Article | 31/05/2010 China flexes supercomputing muscle in Top 500 rankings

  China flexed its computing muscle with a supercomputer called Nebulae, rocketing to second place on the biannual Top500 list, which ranks the most pow...
• Article | 28/05/2010 RIM joint venture to invest $100M in China's mobile industry

  BlackBerry Partners Fund, which invests in applications for the BlackBerry and other mobile devices, has come together with China Broadband Capital Pa...
• Article | 26/05/2010 No simple solution to Foxconn suicides

  Two recent Foxconn worker suicides, the ninth and 10th this year, present a harsh reality to the Chinese electronics manufacturer and its American tec...
• Article | 25/05/2010 More than one in four use Internet worldwide, says ITU

  About 26 per cent of the world's population were online at the end of 2009, and mobile telephony is booming with the number of mobile subscribers like...
• Article | 12/05/2010 China's biggest chip maker posts 12th straight loss

  Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) reported its 12th straight losing quarter on Tuesday, despite a dramatic rebound in the global chip i...