Because of China’s growing importance and sophistication as a market for technology, especially telecommunications and the Internet, there is a rapid growing trend of international companies have research labs in China. An official from China’s Ministry of Commerce recently stated publicly that the country had as many as 600 and was adding 200 a year. […]
Read MoreAP reported that the US government is continuing to discourage China from establishing government telecommunications standards: “Now, with China testing competing systems and moving toward its own standard known as TD-SCDMA U.S. policy is to urge governments in China and elsewhere to let companies choose freely. ‘I never met a carrier that didn’t express a […]
Read MoreThis is a research report from Deloitte Research. “Everyone recognizes China as a low-cost manufacturer and a huge potential market. But most do not realize China is emerging as a key player in shaping global technology standards. This new Deloitte Research study looks at how China’s growing influence on standards could define global competition in […]
Read MoreFrom ChinaTechNews: “Skype, a free peer-to-peer voice software which can be downloaded from the Internet, has recently launched a new function called SkypeOut, a radically new kind of IP service. The communication signals of SkypeOut are transmitted via the Internet, instead of through normal telecommunications networks. According to published reports in China, Skype’s launch in […]
Read MoreThanks to David Cowhig for his excellent translation of some parts of the Lu Yuegang’s open letter. David follows the Internet in China and here is his translation of the beginning part of the Lu’s letter: Your Excellency Zhao Yong: We need to have a straightforward discussion. The talk you gave on the afternoon of […]
Read MoreJie Cheng, Tsing Hua Law School, China How to make the Chinese regulations on the Internet more enforcable? She begins with the assumption that these regulations are good for the public. A free society is a threat to communist China, and so its desireable for the government and some part of the public to want […]
Read MoreCindy Cohn, Electronic Frontier Foundation Every time there’s a new tool of expression, a new media of expression, it has to fight for first amendment rights. Some media, like newspapers, has little regulation. Other, like TV, have lots of regulation. The Internet is no different – and a lot of those issues (freedom of speech, […]
Read MoreBy Paul Taylor in New York Published: April 6 2004 17:04 | Last Updated: April 7 2004 0:28 “Lucent Technologies, the leading US telecommunications equipment manufacturer, has fired four senior employees in China after discovering potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act which bans the payment of bribes overseas. Lucent said it fired the […]
Read MoreThis is the English translation of Dr. Jiang’s letter, retained from CND. It is a powerful document. “Chairman and vice chairmen of the National People’s Congress [NPC] Standing Committee Chairman and vice...
Read More“KT Corp, South Korea’s biggest telecommunications company, said on Monday that it has signed a contract with a Chinese Internet firm to supply network management equipment for the expansion of broadband Internet services in China. “After the export of its hardware is complete, KT then will install the equipment in the northern part of China […]
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