According to Sina.com, The9 (NCTY) has secretly signed an agreement with Shanghai Alliance Investment to take over 50% of the stake of MSN China held by the latter.

Following the winning of an HSPA contract with Japan's eMobile, Chinese telecom equipment manufacturer Huawei has won another UMTS/HSPA contract from PTK Centertel, an affiliate of France Telecom's Orange in Poland.

Days after doing a deal with Dell (DELL), Gome has now signed a memorandum of understanding with Microsoft (MSFT) China in Beijing to jointly promote computers pre-installed with legitimate Windows systems and other Microsoft products.

News from the Forum on Green Network Culture Construction held in Kunshan this week is that the Internet Society of China will formally launch a whitelist for individual email users in order to provide a safer, faster, spam-free email service.

China Southern Airlines has announced a new agreement with Guangdong Airport Management Corporation and TravelSky Technology Limited for a new joint venture company focused on departure service called Guangzhou Airport Airspan Information Technology Company Limited.

Microsoft (MSFT) and Lenovo (LNVGY) have held a press conference in Beijing and announced to jointly promote joint sales of Microsoft's Office 2007.

Sohu's IT channel reports that Soufun.com, one of the largest online real estate service providers in China, is considering a cooperation with China Netcom, which has recently launched a service that allows netizens to view houses online.

Wang Xiujun, a commissioner from the Anti-Spam Task Force of the Internet Society of China, has disclosed at China Internet Conference Green Network Culture Construction Forum held in Kunshan that China will use electronic stamps to increase the efficiency of spam prevention when the right conditions mature.

Zhongsou has released a new widget service called Internet Gateway 3.0 beta to meet demand for individualized services.

Adding flames to rumors that eLong (LONG) is having problems as a second-tier Chinese travel portal against much larger rival Ctrip.com (CTRP), the company has just announced the appointment of Guangfu Cui as its new CEO.

Shanghai Securities Paper reports that China Mobile (CHL) will soon increase the amount of fees paid to third-party WAP service providers, but the fun might not last long.

Chinese telecom equipment manufacturer Huawei has announced the signing of an HSDPA expansion contract with Japanese network operator eMobile, following the construction of eMobile's HSDPA network.

China's National Audit Office will send teams to conduct data collection and investigation of the five major telecom operators of China Telecom (CHA), China Mobile (CHL), China Netcom (CN), China Unicom (CHU) and China Tietong in October.

Chinese shopping and loyalty marketing service provider MPdaogou.com has signed a partnership agreement with Shanghai Unionpay.

Cisco (CSCO) and the Haier Group have announced a wide-ranging collaborative cooperation that will see the companies work together on a broad range of opportunities in both the Chinese and international markets.