Ctrip.com (CTRP) has appointed Jane Jie Sun as the company's new Chief Financial Officer and will officially begin work in December 2005.

TSYS (TSS) has established its first office in China to focus on business development and emerging electronic payments growth opportunities in China and the broader Asia-Pacific region.

China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) has decided to promote six major information technology projects during the "Eleventh Five-year Plan". The projects, which include RFID and a Digital Home Plan, were announced at the National Information Technology Application Work Conference 2005 held in Chongqing.

Japan's Navitime has announced that it will open voice-activated global positioning services (GPS) in 51 cities across China this week in cooperation with China Unicom (CHU).

Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) has forged an alliance with Digital China Holdings to make Digital China a value added distributor for Zebra in China.

North Carolina's Governor Mike Easley announced that China-invested Lenovo (LNVGY.PK) will use US$84 million to build a research and development center in his state, creating 400 new jobs during the next five years.

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMI) announced its consolidated results of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2005. Sales increased 10.9% in the third quarter of 2005 to US$310.0 million from US$279.5 million in the prior quarter.

Shanda (SNDA) says it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Intel (INTC) to jointly promote the Shanda EZ Interactive Home Entertainment Solution.

EPCglobal China has awarded licenses to a first group of seven Chinese manufacturers.

Taiwan's TSMC just released third quarter results for the the period ending September 30 show revenue reached NT$69.26 billion while net income and fully diluted earnings per share came to NT$24.49 billion and NT$0.99 per share, respectively.

Konka's newly released financial results for the third quarter of 2005 show that net profit from color TV manufacturing and sales decreased by 38.69% and handset service dropped even more dramatically compared with the same period in 2004.

Baidu.com (BIDU) has announced its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2005. Total revenues increased to CNY88.9 million, representing a 27.6% increase from the previous quarter and a 174.4% increase from the corresponding period in 2004.

AsiaInfo (ASIA) has announced third quarter results for the period ended September 30, 2005.

China Telecom (CHA) says it will use SkyStream's zBand PUSH video-on-demand (VOD) platform in addition to SkyStream's suite of IP video networking solutions to expand its rural Internet and video-on-demand service to remote areas.

Sierra Ventures has entered into a strategic relationship with Shanghai-based Gobi Partners.