Chinese wireless value-added services firm Linktone Ltd. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a controlling interest in Letang Game Limited.

Because some of its Gmail users' accounts were supposedly hacked by attackers originating from China, Google has announced it may soon leave China.

Cisco Systems Inc. has announced a restructuring of its Asia Pacific and Japan division and said its Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan units, formerly parts of the Asia Pacific division, will form an independent Greater China division.

Chinese government departments have jointly issued a notice about key software enterprises included in China's national planning layout for 2009, stating that these enterprises can pay their corporate income tax at the preferential rate of 10%.

Chinese Internet retailer Taobao.com will launch a software application store on January 15, 2010, marking a big leap for its Taobao Open Platform for online businesses.

Two of Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited's subsidiaries have been busy this week doing an acquisition and hiring a new executive, respectively.

Chinese online search engine Baidu.com went down today in an episode some users suspect has to do with Iranian Internet hackers.

German retail giant Metro has announced that its electronics sales subsidiary Media Markt will establish a joint venture with Taiwan-based Hon Hai Precision Industry for electronics retail operations in mainland China.

Chinese PC maker Lenovo Group has unveiled its first smartphone product named Lephone, along with a new laptop brand Skylight, during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

According to information from foreign domain name registration service providers, China Internet Network Information Center has required these providers to suspend new registrations for .CN website domain names.

Chinese digital media and advertising company Focus Media Holding Limited has announced a couple of key executive appointments.

Erik Hartmann, Asia-Pacific manager of Google Books, has made a public apology to Chinese writers for using their literary works without their approval.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's latest list of 125 recommended communications industry standards has been released in China.

Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei has announced that it will help Pakistan Telecommunications, the largest comprehensive telecom operator in Pakistan, update its 3G commercial network.

IBM's lending unit has signed a financing deal with Advanced Micro Devices and its distributor network to begin the flow of cash and credit in Tianjin Binhai New Area.