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Article | 23/05/2011 Lawsuit claims Cisco aided Chinese repression
Members of the Falun Gong group claim Cisco knew that Internet technology it supplied to China would be used to crack down on the religious movement i...
Article | 23/05/2011 Three dead after Foxconn factory blast, Apple investigating
A third employee had died from injuries caused by an explosion at a factory of Foxconn in Chengdu, China, the company said Sunday. Initial findings sh...
Article | 20/05/2011 Future iPhone will support China Mobile's 4G network
Future versions of Apple's iPhone will support China Mobile's fourth generation (4G) network, China's largest mobile carrier said, a sign that it will...
Article | 20/05/2011 China's Great Firewall a big inconvenience: shoe thrower
The man who threw a shoe at the architect of China's Internet censorship systems on Thursday, said he did so because the censorship has made his life ...
Article | 19/05/2011 Gaming firms must sail past China's pirates to cash in
Although the game was developed in the U.S., the concept behind Plants vs. Zombies knows no cultural bounds for Chinese fans like 27-year-old Sai Na.
Article | 19/05/2011 Plants vs. Zombies heads to China with new game versions
PopCap Games is releasing new versions of its Plants vs. Zombies title in China, with the aim of raking in more revenue from a major market that is cu...
Article | 17/05/2011 China's Web population a figure hard to pin down
Depending on how you count, China can have as many as 450 million Web users, or just 300 million.
Article | 16/05/2011 Alibaba, Yahoo try to mend ties with joint statement
Yahoo and Alibaba Group issued a joint statement on Sunday, in what appeared to be a symbolic effort by the companies to move past a dispute involving...
Article | 13/05/2011 Alibaba transferred Alipay ownership without Yahoo approval
Yahoo said that Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group transferred ownership of its online payment service Alipay without its knowledge or approval, a...
Article | 12/05/2011 Huawei wins injunction against ZTE in Germany
China's largest telecommunication equipment supplier, Huawei Technologies, has won a preliminary injunction prohibiting its hometown rival ZTE from us...
Article | 12/05/2011 China’s Sina benefits from surge in microblogging
One of China’s largest microblogs reported Thursday that it added 40 million registered users in just two months, reflecting a surge in interest in Tw...
Article | 12/05/2011 Chinese top microblog hits over 90 million active users
A Twitter-like service operated by one of China's largest Internet firms now has over 90 million active users on a monthly basis, and is positioning i...
Article | 10/05/2011 Angry Birds maker Rovio partners with Chinese gaming firm
Rovio Mobile, the developer of Angry Birds, has partnered with a Chinese gaming firm, giving players in the country a new avenue to download official ...
Article | 9/05/2011 White iPhone sparks skirmish at Beijing Apple Store
The long wait for Apple products in Beijing turned ugly over the weekend when a skirmish erupted outside one of the company's stores, resulting in a b...
Article | 6/05/2011 Lenovo-backed video game system unveiled in China
A video game system backed by Lenovo is scheduled to be launched in China in the second half of this year.

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