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Volume 8, Issue 4 (29/4/08):

CNN sued as anti-Western media campaigns swell
Media revenue to reach Rmb554 billion
China Publishing Group launches digital media company
New rules to hit magazine publishing

SARFT committed to futher film commercialization

SMIC courts strategic investor
Software revenue up 28 percent
Lenovo considers Middle East strategy
Notebook revenue growing 33 percent per annum
Dell announces retail expansion plan
Electronic book market worth Rmb200 million

Volume 8, Issue 3 (25/3/08):

State Council announces mew MII 'super' ministry plans
Tibetan troubles prompt media clampdowns
Domestic movies worth Rmb5.1 billion in 2007
Shanghai IT revenue up 24 percent
Haier IC unit plans IPO
China's first 'green' magazine hits the newsstands
Shanghai Film Group plans A-share listing
Guangxian plans thirty films in three years
Digital China secures EMC JV

Volume 8, Issue 2 (29/2/08):

Anhui Publishing Group in stock market launch deal
Lenovo quarterly earnings tripled
Software revenues up 20 percent
Beijing advertising revenues up 21 percent
Red Hat announces China expansion
US film body sues download website
Xinhua Finance Media sells equity stake
Top film scripts to earn Rmb200,000

Volume 8, Issue 1 (29/1/08):

Microsoft faces IPR lawsuit
IMAX secures record-breaking China deal
Lenovo seals IBM server licence deal
Disney in NBA China move
Film Group issues bonds to fund digital centre
56K illegal print ads banned in 2007
SMIC secures major IBM deal
Ministry increases textbook subsidies
Digital camera sales up 30 percent
HP China partner to sell JV share

Volume 7, Issue 12 (30/11/07):

Guangzhou Daily secures futher Shenzhen listing
Liaoning publisher to be first wholly listed media company
Clampdown launched on illegal newspapers
Microsoft seals Windows pre-installation agreement
Lenovo Q2 earnings tripled
Shanghai Disneyland project revived
WTO to investigate import restriction allegations
Chinese films to receive cinema alliance boost
Kodak drops Lucky FIlm partnership

Volume 7, Issue 11 (31/10/07):

China blocks WTO panel for music, movie import dispute
Nintendo to launch Wii game in China next year
Software revenues up 22.9 percent
SMIC seals Spansion flash memory deal
Hi-tech theme park opens in Anhui
Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau drive IT investment growth
e-Future seals Beijing tourism softare deal
Performing arts markets flourishing

Volume 7, Issue 10 (30/9/07):

China Film Group revives IPO plans
Computer market enjoys strong growth
China CEO gives up Microsoft for basketball
Lenovo to target overseas consumer notebook markets
Xiamen Kodak plant prepares for opening
Sino-Indian IT healthcare JV launched in Kunming
China to launch Nasdaq-style exchange
Dell close to deal with Gome
Sino-US software collaboration to open new development centre

Volume 7, Issue 9 (4/9/07):

Acer acquisition casts doubts over Lenovo-Packard Bell takeover
OECD: hi-tech sectors still lack innovation
Dell profits rising while consumers grow restless
Founder sues Blizzard over IPR infringements
Software piracy reportedly down
Record box office year predicted for Chinese cinemas
Digital China share sales bring in new partners
Monitor maker seeks share placement funds
European chipmaker in Chinese partner talks

Volume 7, Issue 8 (2/8/07):

SMIC reports Q2 loss
Dell seals historic China distribution deal
Research centres to tackle electronics industry pollution
Electronics industry growth led by high-end production
Lenovo to open Indian and Mexican plants
Software industry reports healthy growth
VC fund for hi-tech SMEs launched
Samsung to move camera module production to China

Volume 7, Issue 7 (4/7/07):

PC maker to list in South Korea
Kingsoft opts for HK listing
Intel to upgrade China plant
Disney film censored for China release
Report: advertising to grow by 29 percent
HP to challenge Lenovo in small town markets
MII: software sector to focus on key products
Symantec offers compensation package
Art-house cinema opens in Shanghai

Volume 7, Issue 6 (11/6/07):

Software industry records 28 percent growth
Shanghai chipmaker revives HK IPO plans
Advertising sales up 11 percent in 2006
IBM to buy into Kingdee
China Film Group sets up digital distribution JV
Electronics sector reports 17 percent growth
Shenzhen deal to boost Japanese software outsourcing
Lenovo reports annual profits boom
MGM in Shanghai cinema complex collaboration

Volume 7, Issue 5 (17/5/07):

IBM announces further Lenovo share selloff
Software sales worth Rmb1.1 trillion in 2010
China Great Wall eyes Taiwan monitor maker share
Intel settles copyright dispute
IT industry shows Q1 slowdown
Huawei to set up Symantec JV
IT companies sign US$4.3 billion US deals
Spiderman 3 tops 2007 box office ratings
Bookstore chain plans Hong Kong listing

Volume 7, Issue 4 (23/4/07):

Lenovo announces further job cuts
Hi-tech imports to redress trade imbalance
Overseas equity firms eye SMIC stake
Beijing defends film import restrictions
National high performance computer standard planned
Online books replacing print
China, Hong Kong sign IT cooperation pact
Microsoft, Lenovo in R&D collaboration agreement
Oracle to open Xi'an office
Lenovo named green leader

Volume 7, Issue 3 (26/3/07):

MII makes strong information industry forecast
Digital China seeks IT services boost
Advertising sector reaps Olympic benefits
China becomes world's largest IC producer
Beijing software company in US merger
Dell plans showrooms to boost sales
Neusoft on course for July listing
Random House launches in China
Warner finalizes cinema sales

Volume 7, Issue 2 (16/2/07):

Print media face penalty points system
Electronic information industries profit up 31.7 percent
IT market grows 15.6 percent in 2006
India's Tata launches IT services JV
IBM sells Lenovo stake
Lenovo announces best results since IBM deal
Kingsoft plans overseas listing
Hit popsong accused of plagiarism
Indian software company opens China centre

Volume 7, Issue 1 (22/1/07):

XBox preparing for China launch
Alibaba launches business software venture
Cinema box-office takings hit new record high
Foxconn iPod plant unionized
Intel plans cutting-edge China chip plant
Lenovo planning Poland investment
IPR violation sentences toughened
Haier launches wireless media player
SMIC in takeover rumour confusion

Volume 6, Issue 13 (22/12/06):

Haier to buy Founder PC business
Broadcasters to pay music royalties from 2007
Chinese film industry profits worth US$900 million by 2010
Shanghai Film Group eyes Warner cinemas
AV joint venture to promote EVD standard
Software industry looking to outsourcing market
Beijing software IPO plans announced
Dolby Laboratories opens new China office

Volume 6, Issue 12 (29/11/06):

Tough new medical ad regulations published
Broadcast and communications satellite fails
Carlyle Group to back outdoor advertising company
IBM China expansion plans revealed
Plans for electronic information standardization announced
Fox signs China distribution deal
Ministry issues entertainment venue bans
Feng Xiaogang's The Assembly faces setbacks

Bruce Lee theme park planned in Guangdong

Volume 6, Issue 11 (13/11/06):

Time Warner to pull out of cinema JVs
Medical ads banned from print while science coverage struggles
Open source software moves to impact China market
SMIC reports increasing losses
Lenovo becomes official NBA partner
IMAX looks to expand China presence
Intel to train 1 million rural teachers
Beijing to invest in theatre promotion
IBM plans new Beijing IT centre

Canadian-Chinese 3D cartoon collaboration announced

Volume 6, Issue 10 (13/10/06):

Lenovo recalls fire-hazard batteries
Guangzhou Daily launches free newspaper
AMD signs Founder chip deal
China film drive holds up Hollywood releases
Intel agrees US$40m China software investment
US rapper's concert banned
Global ad agency seeking China acquisitions
Technology imports up 45 percent

Volume 6, Issue 9 (15/9/06):

Foreign media distribution rules condemned
Focus Media in cinema ad start-up acquisition
SMIC fights back in TSMC dispute
China launches new Longxin chip
iPod labour case unexpectedly resolved
Sichuan pushes structural reform in newspaper sector
Straits Times journalist jailed
Top evening paper shifts to morning
Chinese film directors rewarded in Venice

Volume 6, Issue 8 (22/8/06):

Slumped Lenovo profits still beat expectations
Chipmakers break into profit
Chinasoft predicts software shakeout
Dell facing tough times
Data storage market worth Rmb1.26 billion
Q2 PC shipments worth Rmb18 billion
Intel targets unbranded PC market
Troubled Kodak bails out of digital camera manufacturing

Volume 6, Issue 7 (28/7/06):

US tech firms could face human rights challenge
Technology imports up 62 percent in first half 2006
Semiconductor support talks organised
Electronic information industries profits up 30 percent
Lenovo paid Rmb10 million for use of Ronaldinho's image
New economics magazine targets overseas readers
Samsung to build new Suzhou chip production line
Lenovo backs online gaming firm

Volume 6, Issue 6 (19/6/06):

Chinese walk out of talks as WAPI dispute flairs
NY Times journalist's trial ends
1Q advertising revenues up 25 percent
Focus Media share sale raises US$362 million
SMIC secures record loan
Software giant to boost China partner investments
Government to set up chip research centre
Illegal magazine operator jailed
World Cup cinema stirs broadcasting rights row

Volume 6, Issue 5 (27/5/06):

Microchip frauds shake IT sector
Lenovo profits slump
Hi-tech foreign trade up 32.7 percent
China cultural projects target overseas funding
The Da Vinci Code sweeps up in Shanghai
TCL makes notebook move
Novell leads China Linux market
Intel, Microsoft in Guangdong IT moves
US critical of piracy crackdown failure

Volume 6, Issue 4 (28/4/06):

SAPP encourages collaboration with foreign press
Microsoft promises software and IT boost
IT outsourcing worth Rmb3.13 billion
First transregional book distribution deal signed
Lenovo pays US$1.2 billion for Windows
Guangzhou Daily listed as top 100 taxpayer
Tsinghua Tongfang looks for netbar sales boost
Anti-piracy move receives cautious welcome
Banned newspaper ads displayed online

Volume 6, Issue 3 (29/3/06):

Software sector reports 40 percent earnings growth
Lenovo restructuring makes first post-merger job cuts
MII announces PC production forecast
Global chip giants tussle for China market share
New committee to oversee hi-tech mergers
Guangzhou bird flu speculation prompts media ban
Computer giants unveil China expansion plans
MP3 players dominate Beijing consumer blacklist
Canon makes strides in China digital camera market

Volume 6, Issue 2 (27/2/06):

Newspapers lose ad market share in 2005
Revenue growth slowing in IT industries
Medical institutions ordered to suspend advertising
Senior journalist suspended on blackmail charges
Computer product exports top US$100 billion
SMIC predicts return to profits
New support expected for IC and software industries
European software giant eyes China over India

Volume 6, Issue 1 (25/1/06):

Top newspaper editor sacked
China becomes world's No.1 IC market
Warner Bros cinema design centre to relocate to China
Microsoft boosts China investment and R&D
Cross-regional publishing alliance breaks new ground
Government network procurement preference announced
Guangzhou considers karaoke royalty fees
Lenovo gets new CEO

Volume 5, Issue 15 (22/12/05):

China becomes world's largest hi-tech exporter
New audio-visual standard approved
SMIC urges Taiwan to rethink chip strategy
Disney in first China film collaboration
Business IT expenditure to rise 8.6 percent in 2006
US chip firm to expand China plant
Sanyo linked to Haier JV move
Tom forecasts HK$3 billion 2005 sales
30,000 journalists to report Beijing Games

 

Volume 5, Issue 14 (7/12/05):

EVD threatened by backers row
Rolling Stone to launch in China next year
Chen Kaige's The Promise to launch in Beijing
Golden Harvest seeks Guangdong cinema deal
Beijing Media under corruption spotlight
Hewlett Packard to open China research centre
Shanghai book exchange to bring down barriers
IT companies list on Nasdaq

Volume 5, Issue 13 (14/11/05):

MII outlines five year plan for IT industries
Lenovo reports 22 percent profits rise
Chinese film industry following Hollywood blockbuster model
Software giant eyes China market in Hong Kong move
Technology companies targeted by ethical investments lobby
Electronic information industry revenues up 21 percent
IBM, Kingdee launch border-crossing software package
Women account for 41 percent of new magazine jounalists

Volume 5, Issue 12 (31/10/05):

New newspaper and magazine management regulations published
Media and technology firms gear up for Nasdaq IPOs
Lenovo extends Asia sales lead with IBM boost
Strong growth recorded in Shanghai's software sector
Sony sees key role for China in company's growth
Oracle eyes China expansion
Microsoft makes Dalian software investment
Warner Music to exploit Hong Kong CEPA

Volume 5, Issue 11 (10/10/05):

Beijing Media executives face corruption charges
China Film seeking overseas investment for digital cinema chain
SME investment boosting IT growth
SMIC lowers forecast on equipment delays
New media entertainment dominates youth market
Beijing digital entertainment bus stop plan announced
Foreign chipmaking JV in search of China funding
Lenovo accelerates IBM consolidation
Minnanhua radio channel launched
Hong Kong magazines to launch in mainland

Volume 5, Issue 10 (22/9/05):

Langchao, Microsoft form collaborative partnership
Microsoft,Google both claim court victory
Chinese Post Office launches into book distribution
Insurers seek business from China IT expansion
Sichuan Xinhua launches cellphone newspaper
European VC leader looks at China expansion
Java targets China market
Hong Kong Disneyland opens

Volume 5, Issue 9 (26/8/05):

Private book chain given national distribution approval
False journalists exploit mining tragedy
Beijing Media Corp issues advertising warning
Lenovo optimistic on 1Q results
Adobe targets prices in China expansion strategy
Dalian launches international software recruitment drive
Novell plans China expansion
Intel announces China investments
China, US sign movie copyright agreement

Volume 5, Issue 8 (26/7/05):

Beijing outdoor medical ads 94 percent illegal
IBM acquisition gives Lenovo Asia-Pacific PC top spot
Digital China plans IT services shift
Lenovo completes Taiwan server tie-up
Hong Kong Economic Times flags mainland diversification strategy
Microsoft, Google in court battle over China engineer
Chinese enterprises urged to form digital cinema chains
Huaxia bank launches outdoor ad loan service
Police seize imposter journalist

 

Volume 5, Issue 7 (6/7/05):

Ming Pao moves towards China magazine listing
Software industry to grow 30 percent per year
Microsoft in Amoi collaboration deal
Lenovo reports unexpected profits slump
Guangdong chip trade deficit rising
Focus Media plans Nasdaq listing
Information industry support measures announced
Haier makes Korean IT move
Greenpeace gives China e-waste warning
Report: Linux more expensive than proprietary brands

Volume 5, Issue 6 (6/6/05):

Newspaper industry moves towards circulation transparency
Bertelsmann in book distribution JV deal
Consumers confused by 'false' books crackdown
China third worst global software piracy offender
Nanfang Daily given new direction
Lenovo to open US research centre
Mobile phones give Kodak photo printing boost
Celebrity advertising ban imposed

Volume 5, Issue 5 (12/5/05):

Beijing Youth News cautious on advertising growth
Shanghai publishing group restructures
Taiwan's Kingmax plans chip plant move
Beijing sofware exports up 280 percent
JV semiconductor plants planned
Lenovo seals IBM deal with US military contract
Novell agreement to boost Linux in China
Top media group in trouble on arrest rumours
Sun Microsystems to double size of Beijing software centre
Samsung shifts notebook production to China

Volume 5, Issue 4 (20/4/05):

Media groups U-turn speculation grows
19 Illegal newspapers listed
Software sales to hit Rmb300 billion in 2005
Intel targets students with notebooks strategy
Chip support announced as SMIC reports losses
Kingsoft plans Nasdaq IPO
Data management software sales up 34.1 percent
Lenovo secures funds for IBM deal
Communications satellite sold to Nigeria

Volume 5, Issue 3 (25/3/05):

Chinese PC makers top domestic sales
CSMC tops 180 percent earnings growth
Warner Bros. to fight piracy with low-cost DVD move
Indian software house to open Beijing development centre
Bluetooth makes bid to become national wireless standard
Dell to double China PC production
Clear Channel in live events JV deal
Intel to open fifth China chip plant

Volume 5, Issue 2 (28/2/05):

Chipmaker disputes enliven cross-straits relations
Beijing to get new city radio channel
Warner enters new multiplex JV
PC sales revenue up 17 percent
Hong Kong radio station extends Guangdong collaboration
Intel makes IPR infringement claim
Chinese firms challenge DVD alliance on patent
SAPP launches crackdown on 50 electronic games
Schools cinema chain scheme launched
International ad firm eyes China acquisitions expansion
Text message novel to be auctioned next month

Volume 5, Issue 1 (24/1/05):

China chip market to buck global trend
Imax signs deal for six China cinemas
Publishing awards come under scrutiny
Logitech announces China expansion plans
Cinema booming in Beijing
ZTE backs Intel mobile computing standard
Zhuhai chipmaker sued as US, China hold IPR talks
Lenovo forms Olympics alliance with Visa

Volume 4, Issue 15 (22/12/04):

Beijing Youth Daily IPO oversubscribed
New Great Wall-IBM JV launched
Beijing Microsoft order cancelled
International publishing JV targets China market
Legal changes support copyright crackdown
PalmSource China acquisition to boost mobile Linux platform
Publishing sector opens further to foreign players
Nike ad banned for cultural insensitivity
Beijing Radio plans mobile phone broadcasting in 2005

Volume 4, Issue 14 (29/11/04):

SARFT seeks foreign advice for market opening plans
TOM seeking role in mainland film market
Outdoor ad firm gets overseas boost
Lenovo results slump as IBM desktop JV agreed
Kodak increases Lucky shareholding
Concerns raised over Microsoft contracts
HDVD piracy crackdown launched
China, India sign IT collaboration agreement
Grace semiconductors receives Hong Kong boost
Shanghai outdoor ad limits announced

Volume 4, Issue 13 (29/10/04):

Warner film production JV gets approval
Concerns raised over intrusive interviewing
IC sector booming at low end
Software giants in China expansion
Multimedia worth Rmb1,500 billion by 2010
Hi-tech exports on a 30 month roll
HP: top Asia-Pacfic PC vendor
Nanfang Daily celebrates anniversary
China Today makes Latin America move

Volume 4, Issue 12 (4/10/04):

Red Flag predicting profits
CSMC warns of growing chip inventories
Beijing LAN broadband fees dropped
Kingdee eyes Southeast Asian markets
Infineon to open Suzhou chip plant
AMD to set up Beijing HQ
Magazine publishers take moral stand on quality
Computerised ad monitoring launched in Beijing

Volume 4, Issue 11 (6/9/04):

TOM eyes Xinhua bookstore deals
Phoenix makes radio advertising move
'Publisher' magazine launched in Beijing
Foreign JV gets chip plant approval
DVD player oversupply forces closures
Lenovo signs Taiwan monitor deal
Bluetooth production boom forecast
China's largest newsprint plant planned for Shanghai
Wenzhou Daily Group launched

Volume 4, Issue 10 (9/8/04):

TOM Group seeking mainland newspaper stake
Beijing Youth Daily changes IPO plans
Cisco drops Huawei lawsuit
Lenovo moves into direct sales and targets rural markets
Ministry pledges support for software industry
EVD movie shortage dampens consumer enthusiasm
CSMC forges ahead with IPO plans
Ningxia to push forward news reform
Lenovo transfers non-core business to IT services partner
Digital camera standard planned

Volume 4, Issue 9 (19/7/04):

China-US chip dispute resolved
US manufacturers closing gap on Lenovo in Asia-Pacific
Film advertising comes under scrutiny
SAP signs China server agreement
Work stopped on Universal theme park
Tianjin newspaper one of China's fastest growing dailies
Chinese film wins at New York film festival
China's first mobile phone newspaper launched
25 million broadband subscribers predicted in 2004

Volume 4, Issue 8 (21/6/04):

News Corp to set up Shanghai advertising company
CSMC calls off Hong Kong listing
Nanfang Weekend launches new weekly magazine
SARFT official dampens film certificate speculation
Shanda, Intel in home digital technology deal
Infineon calms outsourcing speculation
AMD in Lenovo cooperation deal
Chinese chip maker in Intel equipment deal
Guangdong audio-visual retailer to go national

Volume 4, Issue 7 (7/6/04):

Tough DV regulations announced
MII announces IT top 100
Informatization investment to rise 27 percent in 2004
MII makes first half electronic information industries forecast
Lenovo announces annual results
AMD sets up China subsidiary
IBM to boost China Linux support
Dell to target Asian markets with printers

Volume 4, Issue 6 (17/5/04):

Agreement reached in US-China Wapi-WiFi dispute
Hi-tech import-exports up 50 percent
Disney considering China joint venture
CSMC optimistic about IPO
HP overtakes Lenovo in Asia-Pacific PC market
NEC to boost China software outsourcing
SMIC charges dismissed in TSMC lawsuit

Volume 4, Issue 5 (26/4/04):

Film studio plans overseas listing
Founder, AMD form strategic alliance
China's first weekly comic book launched
Centrino sales hold strong
Domestic appliance retailer in AV entertainment move
Intel plans plants in Sichuan, Hong Kong
Dell moves operations to Shanghai
Samsung sets ambitious sales target
Cheney sparks censorship tiff

Volume 4, Issue 4 (22/3/04):

Hong Kong newspaper in mainland magazine move
Motorola moves chip-making toChina
Dell and Oracle in China Linux alliance
Legend makes job cutbacks
LG makes US$7 billion in China
MP3 market to treble in 2004
Caijing publisher reveals ambitious expansion plan

Volume 4, Issue 3 (1/3/04):

Legend announces restructuing and name change
Vivendi in ground-breaking SMG music joint venture deal
PC sales up 10 percent in 2003
Digital China hopeful on 3Q results
LG to boost China production
US semiconductor industry rejects Chinese WLAN standard
Xinjiang satellite broadband educational network launched

Volume 4, Issue 2 (9/2/04):

Media companies prepare for IPOs
2003 a good year for information industries
SMIC gets Hong Kong listing approval
Warner Bros. to open 30 more cinemas
Six radio stations top Rmb100 million ad revenue
Philips in medical software joint venture
Legend growth strong but rivals closing in
US$1 billion chip plant planned for Jiangsu

Volume 4, Issue 1 (19/1/04):

International film giants plan China cinema investments
Legend seals broadband alliance with China Telecom
China IT spending boosts regional markets
China to benefit from Toshiba laptop move
IBM to move Asia-Pacific HQ to China
Chinese hi-tech firms spend US$2.3 bn in US shopping trip
Beijing software exports up 28.8 percent
Kodak-Lucky deal approved

Volume 3, Issue 15 (15/12/03):

Film sector swept by far-reaching reforms
First sino-foreign bookstore joint venture agreed
Wi-Fi encryption standards ban non-compliant foreign products
Philips seals semiconductor joint venture deal
Software sales up 20 percent
IT exports to reach US$130 billion
Indian IT firm targets China
AMD to open China design centre
Hollywood movies still top in Chinese cinemas
Legend to sell stake in motherboard business
Xinhua subsidiary to buy US financial data company

Volume 3, Issue 14 (10/11/03):

Newspaper ad revenues to hit high in 2003
MII to announce EVD standard this month
IBM and Kingsoft in counter-Microsoft deal
Warner Bros. in Shanghai cinema deals
Kodak takes 20 percent share in China Lucky Film
Chip industry predicts 30 percent annual growth
Government spokesmen to get media training
Lenovo wins Hainan Telecom PC deal