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Seven Chinese government departments, including the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping, have jointly announced plans to start a one-year campaign to promote a nationwide rectification of China's geographical information market and to fight illegal surveying and illegal publication of Internet maps.

According to a report on the use of broadband in Taiwan published by Taiwan Network Information Center, by January 3, 2009, the number of netizens in Taiwan reached 15.8 million with a coverage rate of about 68.94%.

The Chinese instant messaging provider Tencent may launch a QQ-themed netbook in 2009.

According to the latest report of CCID Consulting, in the first half of 2008, China's MP3 player market realized sales of about 2.5 million MP3 players and revenue of CNY1.223 billion, year-on-year decreases of 43.76% and 43.56%, respectively.

In a survey launched by Chinese Internet portal Sina.com on the new rules for online shops that go into effect on August 1, 2008 in Beijing, about 90% of netizens said they are against the new rules and over 80% of them thought the rules would kill the enthusiasm of online sellers.

China Internet Network Information Center's latest report on China's online video sector shows that there have been 160 million online video users in China, or one online video user in every 1.3 netizens.

The "China Software Piracy Rate Survey 2007" has been formally released in Beijing.

A survey targeted at 52 Japanese companies operating in China shows that two-thirds of these companies are respected by less than 10% of the respondents.