To retain Shanghai's leading position in China's computer games industry and strengthen self-discipline and legal construction of the industry, Shanghai has formally initiated the drafting of Shanghai Municipal Network Games Industry Service Standard, which will be the first of its kind in China, and is expected to be unveiled by the end of this year.

Chinese media has more rumors that Focus Wireless, a subsidiary of Focus Media (FMCN), will soon disband and dismiss most of its employees as a result of the wireless spam incident in March this year.

Shanghai Media Group and Intel (INTC) have announced a new collaboration in developing broadband online TV in China.

Amazon.cn has announced plans to formally cooperate with Alipay, an online payment provider and sister company of Amazon.cn's competitor Taobao.com, which is owned by Alibaba.com.

Cui Jianping, founder and CEO of Asia Media Company Limited, the first Chinese company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Market in Japan, has resigned, after taking the blame for embezzling the company's funds.

According to Chinabyte.com, Telstra Corporation Limited will invest about CNY500 million into PCPOP and IT168 to control the stakes of the two vertical IT websites as well as vertical car websites of autohome and che168.

Apple (AAPL) China's official website shows that Apple will soon set up its first direct-operated store in China in Beijing's Sanlitun area, but the website does not disclose when exactly the store will be opened.

Beijing Netcom, an affiliate of China Netcom, says it will soon not accept any new applications from consumers for installing a broadband or telephone until the end of the Beijing Olympic Games, but the company has denied that it will close the network during the Olympic Games as previously rumored on some Chinese Internet forums [...]

Canon China has published a document via Zhejiang Provincial Consumers' Right Protection Commission, offering solutions to consumers in Zhejiang Province who have purchased the 19 types of problematic Canon cameras, but the company's behavior has caused consternation among consumers from other Chinese provinces who criticize Canon for discriminating against them by not providing them a [...]

AsiaInfo (ASIA) has signed a contract with China Unicom to upgrade its rechargeable mobile phone card system in China Unicom's headquarters and subsidiaries in Hunan and Fujian provinces.

Yunnan Provincial Radio Electromagnetism Environment Protection Rule was formally enacted on June 1, 2008.

Chongqing Municipal Information Bureau has signed a memorandum of understanding with Qingdao Xiangyu Information Technology Co., Ltd on jointly creating a software outsourcing base in southwest China targeted at South Korean companies.

The first phase of the network of Beijing's wireless city program has been put into trial operation, enabling Beijing citizens and travelers from both home and abroad to access to internet in Beijing's urban areas via a wireless network.

Starting June 26, sellers of such special goods such as food and healthcare products must present relevant certificates before they can sell their goods on Internet auction website Taobao.com.

IBM (IBM) China has made a response to the labor dispute in China, saying that it continued to provide economic and medical assistance to the employee after his submission of an application for resignation, but it has not made any comment on the judgment made by Shanghai Pudong New Zone Labor Arbitration Commission which asked [...]