Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited, the operator of online games in China, announced today that the Age, a fantasy MMORPG developed in-house and operated by Shanda, started commercial operation on June 28, 2004.

Linktone Ltd., a provider of wireless value-added services in China, and Cartoon Network, a Turner Broadcasting System Inc. company, are launching new Cartoon Network Java games in China.

Superscape Group plc announced that it has signed a distribution and revenue-sharing agreement with Beijing-based KongZhong Corporation.

Actuate Corp is among the first US enterprise software vendors to forge close ties with Chinese academia.

Taiwanese second-tier motherboard maker Epox Computer plans to migrate its remaining 5-10% production capacity in Taiwan to contract manufacturers in China, according to company CEO Jerry Feng.

Metrologic Instruments, Inc., providers of optical image capture and processing solutions that design, manufacture and market sophisticated imaging and scanning solutions for a variety of applications, today announced the signing of an agreement for an airport baggage handling/ security scanning tunnel system with The Second Research Institute of Civil Air Administration of China (CASRI).

UTStarcom, Inc., a provider of IP access networking and services, today announced that it has signed a contract valued at approximately $55 million with China Telecom Corporation (CTC) to deploy its IP-based PAS (Personal Access System) (iPAS) network in the central city area of Shanghai.

UTStarcom, Inc., a provider of IP access networking and services, today announced that more than 50 million people currently subscribe for PAS (Personal Access System) service in China, 58 percent of which are on networks powered by UTStarcom technology.

Tunisia is to install the most advanced mobile telecommunications network in Africa, with the help of ZTE.

Primeton Technologies announced today that it has successfully completed contract signings with Shanghai Baosight Software Co., Ltd.

Magic Software Enterprises Ltd., a provider of state-of-the-art business integration and development technology, and Sun Wah Group, a conglomerate in Hong Kong and China, announced today the signing of a major distribution agreement for Magic Software products into the Chinese market.

Microsoft has signed a strategic cooperation pact with Sichuan Changhong Electric Appliances Co., China's top television maker, according to the Shanghai Securities News.

The Dunhuang Research Institute is cooperating with its counterparts at home and abroad to introduce a program called "Digital Dunhuang" aiming at permanently preventing the world heritage site from damage.

Acer is planning to ship close to 400,000 computers in China this year.

Samsung Electronics on Thursday said it will next month begin supplying handsets that run on a Java operating system to China Unicom.