EMC announced its new 5-year development plan for its China business, covering channel expansion, cloud projects, and big data business.

Taiwanese OEM Foxconn may produce the first smartphone product for Vizio, an American LCD HDTV provider, in 2013.

Microsoft announced its new product sales strategy in the Chinese market to only provide the electronic online version and OEM pre-installed versions of Windows 8, cutting the sales of packaged operating system sales.

Chinese smartphone maker Coolpad has cooperated with American carrier MetroPCS in the launch of its first LTE 4G mobile phone named Quattro in America.

China's Lenovo Group has reached a strategic alliance with American storage maker EMC to implement cooperation in server and storage sectors.

Apple has reportedly put pressure on its Taiwanese OEM to make it stop manufacturing Asus' laptop product Zenbook, which looks like Apple's MacBook Air.

Foxconn, the original equipment manufacturer for Apple products, is reportedly expanding its manufacturing capacity in 2012, aiming to increase production for iPhones and iPads to meet the ever-growing market demand.

Isaiah Cheung, vice president for HP Worldwide and general manager for HP Personal Systems Group in China, will reportedly soon leave the company and join Microsoft China.

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.

Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission has approved Acer's acquisition of iGware, a U.S. cloud computing technology company, and said the acquisition only has slight influence on the Taiwanese cloud computing software service market.

Taiwan Foxconn Technology Group has decided to build a new plant in Jundiai, an inland city in Sao Paulo, Brazil, for the assembly of Apple's iPad and iPhone products.

Microsoft China has announced the formal operation of its first authentic products experience store in China.

The one of world's leading computer providers, Asus has signed an agreement with Chongqing to locate its worldwide computer manufacturing base and its second Chinese operational headquarters in the city.

Chicony Electronics, the world's leading keyboard and digital webcam supplier, has signed an agreement with the municipal government of Chongqing to set up a manufacturing base for laptop-related products in the city's Shuangfu New Town.

Days after news of Apple CEO Steve Jobs' hiatus, and a few weeks before the expected unveiling of a new iPhone, news from China has muddied Apple's waters.