Chinese mainland PC maker Lenovo Group and Taiwanese laptop OEM Compal have signed an agreement to set up a joint venture for computer manufacturing in Hefei, capital of Anhui province.

Chinese telecom operator China Unicom and Five Star Appliance, Best Buy's electronics retail subsidiary in China, have signed a strategic cooperation agreement covering various services of China Unicom.

China's Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Finance, and Ministry of Environmental Protection have jointly published a "Home Appliances Trade-in Promotion Program", stating that from June 1, 2010, the policy will be launched in 19 additional provinces and cities, in addition to the existing nine pilot provinces and cities, and the implementation period of the policy [...]

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

Just days after China Mobile slammed shut the ability for wireless value-added service providers to gain revenue from their mobile services, specific Chinese technology companies have been named in the crackdown to rid China of mobile and Web-based pornography.

Mobile phone giant Nokia has signed an agreement with China Talent Group. Nokia will provide jobs to 500 migrant workers in China after they receive professional training at CTG.

Chinese domain name service provider and registrar DNSPod has reported hacking activities that affected its services and caused network outages in various provinces this week to its local public security organ under the requirement of China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has announced that 18 Chinese mobile service providers that had irregular operation activities have been ordered to suspend their operations.