Posts Tagged ‘Law & Policy’
China’s Ministry Of Culture Issues Four Internet Cafe Chain Licenses
September 2nd, 2010
China’s Ministry of Culture has published announcements on its official website stating that it has issued the first batch of four licenses for operating Internet cafe retail chains in China. The four companies that gain the netcafe licenses are T-Matrix, Beijing Zhonglu Shikong, Beijing Read China, and CECT-Chinacomm Communications. The issuance of the licenses represents [...]
Tsinghua Tongfang Unveils One-year Replacement Policy For Notebooks
August 16th, 2010
Chinese PC maker Tsinghua Tongfang is making consumers happy with a new one-year replacement after-sales policy for its notebook products. This policy covers the company’s eight designated types of notebooks which were purchased after August 1, 2010, as well as all newly-launched notebooks in the future. Starting from the day of the purchase, all these [...]
China’s Gome To Sue Former Chairman
August 10th, 2010
Chinese electronics and home appliances retailer Gome has announced that its board of directors has decided to sue its former executive director Huang Guangyu. As part of this initiative, the company requires Huang to compensate losses caused by his irregular activities in the repurchase of shares of Gome at the beginning of 2008. According to [...]
India Resumes Imports Of Chinese Telecom Equipment With Stricter Rules
August 6th, 2010
The Indian government has amended its telecom security rules, stating that India telecom operators can resume their imports of Chinese-made telecommunications equipment, but stricter rules will be applied. According to a statement published by the Department of Telecommunications of India, due to security reasons, all telecom equipment suppliers must share their source code and design [...]
China’s Huawei Accused Of Trade Secret Theft By Motorola
July 26th, 2010
Motorola has raised a lawsuit against the Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei in the United States, accusing the Chinese company of trade secret theft. Motorola claimed that during a certain period in the 1990s, many of its former employees offered detailed information about Motorola’s networking structure technologies, including seamless mobile solutions, to Huawei. In an [...]
Beijing Starts Work On Convergence Of Three Networks
July 21st, 2010
The trial operation of the convergence of the telecom, broadcasting, and the Internet networks in Beijing has now officially started. Approved by the coordination group of the convergence of the three networks of the State Council, Beijing was designated as one of the pilot cities for the trial of the convergence of the three networks. [...]
Microsoft’s New Gaming Device Will Not Be Sold In Chinese Mainland
July 20th, 2010
Michel van der Bel, chief operating officer of Microsoft China, has revealed to the Chinese local media that due to policy limit in China, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 video game console and the newly-developed Kinect controller-free gaming device will not be sold in the Chinese mainland market. However, Microsoft displayed the new Kinect-based games to its [...]
EU Launches Anti-dumping Case Against Chinese Wireless Wide Area Networking Modems
July 6th, 2010
The European Union has launched anti-dumping investigation against Chinese-made wireless wide area networking modems. In a case valued at USD4.1 billion, the official website of the Ministry of Commerce of China, states this case may harm interactions between Europe and China. A representative from the ministry told local media that this is the first time [...]
