The global financial crisis has hit Chinese PC maker Lenovo (LNVGY) as it today announced cutting approximately 11% of its total global workforce, and the company expects to report a loss for the fiscal quarter that ended December 31, 2008.

The Internet Society of China announced at the First China Netizen Cultural Festival held in Beijing this week that the day September 14 will henceforth be designated as Netizens' Day in China.

Reacting to media reports earlier this week that 80 Chinese copyright owners had formed an anti-piracy alliance to start a massive legal assault against Chinese Internet video website Tudou.com, Huang Huiwen, vice president for Tudou.com, told local media that the company has not received any written notice or document about the lawsuit and has no [...]

Microsoft (MSFT) and Chinese website Sina.com (SINA) have announced a technology licensing agreement for the Chinese Couplet Generator technology, a natural language processing innovation created at Microsoft Research Asia, to enhance Sina.com's ability to deliver mobile value-added services to the Chinese market.

According to the latest report on China's mobile terminal market in the third quarter of 2008 released by the market research firm Analysys International, 34.79 million mobile phones were sold in China from July to September 2008, decreasing 2.7% compared with the second quarter of 2008.

In response to Taiwanese media reports that Hon Hai Precision had gained the acting rights of Apple's iPhone in China, Edmund Ding, spokesperson for Hon Hai, denies the rumor and says the report came from nowhere and was merely a rumor.

Chinese online gaming company Shanda (SNDA) says its subsidiary Shanda Literature is enhancing its management team and has unveiled a new arm devoted to literature research in China.

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will issue China's first 3G license for China Mobile's TD-SCDMA at 14:30, January 7, 2009, marking China's formal entry into the 3G age.

Retail Space 2009 in Shanghai
Shanghai, China (January 07, 2009) /ChinaNewswire.com/ — Retail Space 2009 www.RetailSpaceAsia.com is to be held in Shanghai, Le Royal Meridien. China has the fastest moving retail environment in the world. The opportunities for local and international retailers in China are unprecedented, but competition is fierce.
This two-day conference is the [...]

The market research company IDC has published a white paper about China's e-commerce industry, and it states the trade volume of China's e-commerce increased by about 20% in the year 2008, forming a big contrast with the macroeconomic downturn.

Chinese telecommunications operator China Unicom has announced that after launching online enquiry and payment functions for mobile phone users across China, the company has now opened a fixed line payment function that is available in 10 northern Chinese cities and provinces, including Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Jilin, Shandong, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia and Henan.

According to a report on Chinese search engine market in 2008 released by the Chinese market research firm Analysys International, Google (GOOG) China made CNY973 million revenue in the first three quarters of 2008.

About 80 Chinese copyright owners, including Joy.cn, Beijing Polybona Film Distribution, Beijing Orange Sky Entertainment Group and SFS Emperor, are planning a massive legal assault against Chinese Internet video website Tudou.com for various copyright infringements.

The event takes place May 25 – 26, 2009 in Shanghai, China
Beijing, China (January 01, 2009) /ChinaNewswire.com/ — As air transportation industry develops rapidly these days, aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) becomes more crucial to the smooth running and profit earning of airlines. According to the study of TeamSAL, in 2017, the market [...]

To be Held Mar 26th and 27th 2009 at the Shanghai World Financial Center, China
Shanghai, China (January 06, 2009) /ChinaNewswire.com/ — China has recently the site of rapid construction of many skyscrapers necessitated by increasingly high population densities and fuelled by economic growth. The land shortage in golden zone accelerates the growing up of [...]