The Source Code Browsing Lab of the China Testing and Certification Center for Information Security Products was opened this week in China. The Center will enable Chinese entities to search through the Microsoft operating system's code for flaws and security holes.

The Taiwan-based consumer electronics manufacturer announced plans to invest up to US$10 million in a medical facility in Nanjing, China.

According to Zongjian Cai, Chief Operating Officer of 17173.com, a leading online casino, said, 'China is the fastest growing online market in the world, exceeding $1.2 billion US in 2002'.

According to Qualcomm Chief Executive, Dr. Irwin Jacobs, China has delayed the long-awaited decision on next-generation mobile phones until 2004 to conduct more tests and consider issues such as how to afford the networks.

According to a report by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), which studied study 3,400 students aged between 10 and 18 and found that four in ten youngsters access the Net, children are not transformed into isolated, withdrawn poeple solely because of their use of the Internet.

Intel and China's Ministry of Education recently teamed up to build a national computing grid linking 100 of China's universities by a network that will combine their computing power to create a shared supercomputer by 2006.

In addition to the networks, services and resources, the two companies will share each other's customer bases.

UTStarcom Inc. announced that it has signed a contract with China Telecom Sichuan Province valued at approximately $30 million to expand its IP-based PAS (Personal Access System) iPAS platform in the city of Chengdu.

According to a report released recently by Evans Data, developers of wireless software in China are ready for strong growth, with 68 per cent surveyed saying they expect to unveil new applications in the next 12 months.

Sina.com currently possess the largest Chinese portal user base in the world. Closing of the transaction is subject to negotiation and execution of a definitive agreement.

This last month saw AOL finally releasing itself of all its stake in Chinadotcom Corporation. Finally.

Altachem has entered into a memorandum of understanding to purchase office and manufacturing buildings (totaling 43,960 sq. ft.), less the land, in Shanghai for new operations.

PalmSource, Inc., provider of the operating system for handheld and smartphone devices, and Palm OS subsidiary of Palm, Inc., has begun shipping the final version of Palm OS 5 Simplified Chinese Edition to Palm OS licensees.

The Chinese government, the media, and now local and foreign companies are all supporting China's race to develop its own cellular data standard, having recently received approval from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) as a 3G standard despite fears that it may be sidelined by well-established global platforms.

China Unicom, operator of China's sole CDMA network, has awarded Motorola Global Telecom Solutions Sector (GTSS) a $10 million contract to build Phase II of its value-added location based services (LBS) network.