Chinese electric appliances retailer Gome has published a notice stating the company has appointed its president Chen Xiao as acting chairman.

UN and Zeshan Foundation co-support launching of the Red Scarf
Beijing, China (28 November, 2008) /ChinaNewswire.com/ — The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), UNICEF and the Zeshan Foundation (Hong Kong) co-sponsored an AIDS and multimedia exhibit and reception hosted by the Yuanfen New Media Art Space in Dashanzi (798 Art District). The exhibit features five [...]

Chinese consumer Zhang Yongping sued China Mobile Beijing branch for erroneously charging him over CNY1,400 for international call fees and the Beijing Chaoyang People's Court announced the decision on November 26, 2008 and ordered the telcom company to return the over-charged CNY1,432.18 to Zhang.

After Tencent announced plans to block Caihong QQ, which was originally rumored to be related to the Chinese social networking site 51.com, the Chinese SNS website admitted that the software was owned by 51.com, but it announced at the same time that Caihong QQ is a legal instant messaging assistant software.

Chinese anti-virus software and online game provider Kingsoft has announced its financial situation for the third quarter of 2008, and says the company made total revenue of CNY217 million in the period, a year-on-year increase of 48% and an increase of 26% compared with the second quarter of 2008.

According to the 2008 Hurun China IT Rich List published on November 26, 2008 in Hangzhou, Li Yanhong "Robin", CEO of the Chinese Internet search engine Baidu.com (BIDU), topped the list with net worth of CNY13 billion, followed by founder of Tencent Ma Huateng and founder and CEO of NetEase (NTES) Ding Lei with CNY12.5 [...]

UNDP and Yahoo! partner to creatively utilize the reach of the internet
Beijing, China (November 27, 2008) /ChinaNewswire.com/ — The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Yahoo! China have partnered together in an innovative partnership to increase access to HIV and AIDS information for Chinese internet users.
"UNDP continues to work with the private sector in [...]

Chinese Internet travel website eLong.com (LONG) reported its unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2008 and stated that while total gross revenues increased 7% year-on-year to CNY90.0 million and net revenues increased 6% year-on-year to CNY84.1 million, the company also recorded a widening operating loss and expanding net loss.

China Unicom (CHU) has started the deployment of its WCDMA trial networks and it plans to set up the networks first in seven Chinese cities, including Shanghai, Shenzhen, Foshan, Liuzhou, Zhengzhou, Baoding and Wuxi.

The United Nations Development Programme and Yahoo China have partnered to increase access to HIV and AIDS information for Chinese Internet users by supplying urgent health information for users who are searching for sex-related information.

According to the Guangdong Administration for Industry and Commerce's report on quality of mobile phone batteries, chargers and wire and cable products sold in Guangdong in the third quarter of 2008, of 249 batches of products produced by 113 companies, 144 batches failed to meet the relevant Chinese standards and the pass rate was only [...]

According to Guo Ping, executive vice president of Huawei, the company's revenue from its mobile phone business is expected to increase 74% year-on-year to USD4 billion and the annual growth rate of its terminal business will top 30% in the next five years, because of the increased demands in emerging markets like China.

The Japan-headquartered TV maker Sharp has signed a CNY1 billion LCD TV supply and marketing contract with Gome Electrical Appliance at the Chinese retailer's headquarters in Beijing.

The world's first mobile phone product that is specially designed for children will be launched in Hong Kong in December 2008.

Struggling Chinese television shopping and direct sales company Acorn International (ATV) has entered into a binding term sheet to acquire Yiyang Yukang Communication Equipment Company Limited, a Chinese communications equipment producer and distributor in China.