Win Win Gaming Inc has entered into an exclusive agreement with the Shanghai China Welfare Lottery to develop new Instant Ticket lottery games and a new TV lottery game show to be marketed throughout the Shanghai region. This agreement is the first of its kind between a U.S.-based lottery/gaming company and the China Welfare Lottery.

South Korea, Japan and China will join hands to take the initiative in the development of the next-generation Internet protocol (IP) address standards, known as IPv6.

Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing and China-based ZTE Corporation today announced their collaboration to produce integrated circuits (ICs) targeting switches and routers.

GE Power Systems has signed a contract to provide power generation equipment for the Lanzhou Meiya Cogeneration project in Lanzhou, China. It is one of six projects that are part of a previously announced $900 million agreement for GE to supply technology expertise and gas turbine-based combined-cycle systems for China's Gas Turbine Power Plants Construction [...]

A Long March 2C/SM rocket and the satellite codenamed TC-1 will lift off from the Chinese Xichang Satellite Launch Centre today or tomorrow. This is the first cooperation between the European Space Agency (EAS) and its Chinese counterpart.

China's Nanjing Internet Service Association, founded in December 2002, officially opened a new website to assist local officials and merchants who deal with Internet cafes.

US$1.1 billion will be spent by NEC and SVA Group next year to start production of liquid crystal displays (LCD) for computer monitors and television screens.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is suing China mainland-based Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) for stealing patents and industrial secrets. The U.S. District Court of Northern California will be the venue for the case.

Spurred on by rampant piracy and illegal online game servers, China's State Press and Publication Administration, along with other agencies, announced that they will crackdown on all illegal Internet game activities.

Sina.com yesterday won a landmark court case in China against competitor Sohu.com for Sohu's copyright infringement and improper competitive practices. As a result, Sohu will pay Sina 210,000 CNY (about US$25000) and was told to make an apology notice on Sohu's main website page. This lawsuit has dragged on for two years, during which time [...]

Baidu.com, one of China's leading online search engines, accused its competitor 3721.com of inhibiting users of the 3721 service from also accessing Baidu's online search suite. Baidu's initial request for 1 million CNY (US$121,000) in compensation and public apology was rejected by the Chinese court, but it was granted 5000 CNY (US$620).

China's foreign minister Li Zhaoxing answered questions from China's netizens yesterday in an online forum via the Foreign Ministry's website. The unprecented and open dialogue fielded questions such as "Are there any shortcomings in China's current diplomacy?" and "Will China participate in the reconstruction of Iraq?"

Spectrum Signal Processing today announced that it has licensed its aXs(TM).62X subsystem technology to UTStarcom on a non-exclusive basis. Spectrum expects to realize revenue from the licensing of this technology, last-time product sales, and maintenance and technical support in 2003 and the first half of 2004.

Little GLORIAD, an acronym for Global Ring Network for Advanced Application Development, will go into service in January 2004 and will link computers in the Northern Hemisphere with data flows of 155 million bytes per second.

A statement on Sony's Chinese-language Web site today blames the delay of the PlayStation2 gaming console on an "unfavorable environment" in China. The launch was scheduled to occur last week.