China, Japan and South Korea announced an agreement to collaborate on the development of new telecommunications technology for fourth-generation (4G) mobile phones. Fourth-generation phones are scheduled to be introduced in the three countries in 2010 and are planned to be able to transmit data at 100 megabits per second. The agreements included plans for the […]
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China, Japan and South Korea announced they signed an agreement to develop a new computer operating system based on Linux to compete with globally dominant Microsoft Windows. Officials from the three countries signed the agreement in Beijing. It stated that the three governments will promote Linux, an open-source, freely modifiable operating system, for government computer […]
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Japan considering WTO complaint
Japan announced it is considering raising a formal complaint at the WTO against China's semiconductor tax rebates. Japan said it plans to lodge the complaint if China doesn�t allow it to participate in trade talks concurrently with the US. The US made a WTO complaint against China in March, claiming China unfairly favors mainland-based chip […]
China said the US should avoid official contact with Taiwan one day after the Pentagon approved a US$1.7 billion sale of military radar technology to Taiwan. In a meeting with US Secretary of State Colin Powell, China Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing pressed Washington to �oppose Taiwan independence,� according to Chinese media reports. The Pentagon approved […]
China's finance minister said that the central government plans to engineer a soft landing for the country's economy and plans were under consideration to introduce more flexibility into the renminbi exchange rate. Speaking in Berlin, Finance Minister Jin Renqing said that China would discourage reckless investment in certain sectors of the economy and regions of […]